Terrapin Station one of Grapes! big hits

No one is more articulate about the wine industry in general and the Maryland landscape in particular as director of the state's winery association. Reached Wednesday, he talks in this taped segment about how well Great Grapes! did at Oregon Ridge Park last weekend and the impact that one as-yet unopened premium winery (Black Ankle) and one innovative winery (Terrapin Station) figure to have on the industry. Atticks calls Black Ankle "a new breed of East Coast wineries" and says it has been "interesting to see how the public has reacted" to Terrapin Station, which is boxing its wine. "It's an interesting idea that you're selling the wine on taste," he says, "which, frankly, is how it should be selling, not package and label design, which is how most wine is sold."