Two Lions Vineyards sits at 12600 Croom Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 — in the agricultural heart of Prince George's County, about 25 miles south of Baltimore and 30 miles southeast of Washington, DC, producing estate wines with a lion-themed brand identity that reflects the founders' story as much as the vineyard's terroir. Built by a husband-and-wife team with what they describe as "a love for new adventures and incredible challenges," the vineyard produces Leonessa, The Saintly Lion, Roar, Folie à Deux, and other wines that range from crisp whites to full-bodied reds. The tasting room operates seasonally (typically April through late fall), adults-only, by reservation. The Maryland Wine listing for Two Lions Vineyards has current season dates and contact information. The property also functions as a wedding and event venue accommodating up to 120 guests. For groups making the Croom Road wine corridor a Prince George's County afternoon, Two Lions pairs naturally with Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards three miles south on the same road.
- Address: 12600 Croom Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772.
- Reservations: Recommended — call 312-480-0046 or check the vineyard website.
- Tasting room: Adults-only. Seasonal operation (typically April through late fall).
- Wines: Leonessa, The Saintly Lion, Roar, Folie à Deux — estate-grown, crisp whites to full reds.
- Wedding venue: Up to 120 guests, packages from ~$5,200.
- Nearby: Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards — 3 miles south on Croom Road.
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About Two Lions Vineyards
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Address | 12600 Croom Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 |
| Phone | 312-480-0046 |
| Tasting room | Adults-only · seasonal · reservations recommended |
| Wines | Leonessa, The Saintly Lion, Roar, Folie à Deux and others |
| Wedding venue | Up to 120 guests · packages from ~$5,200 |
The Lion Identity and the Founders' Story
Every wine at Two Lions Vineyards carries a lion name or lion-adjacent identity — Leonessa (Italian for "lioness"), Roar, The Saintly Lion, Folie à Deux ("madness of two," referencing the couple who built the vineyard). The branding is not arbitrary. It reflects the founders' personal story and the specific act of audacity that planting a vineyard in Prince George's County represents: a region not historically associated with Maryland winemaking, distant from the established wine corridors of Frederick County and the Chesapeake Wine Trail, and requiring the same combination of determination and willingness to be different that the lion symbol captures. Prince George's County's agricultural land has been dominated by tobacco, then soybeans and corn, and the transition to viticulture reflects the same entrepreneurial energy that the vineyard's naming makes explicit.
The husband-and-wife founding story gives Two Lions a personal authenticity that differentiates it from larger commercial Maryland wineries. Visiting the vineyard means engaging with the people who planted the vines, built the brand, and make the decisions about what to grow, when to harvest, and how to present the wines — not a tasting room staff working for a corporate operation. That proximity to the winemakers produces the kind of conversation-in-the-tasting-room experience that is the primary reason people visit small estate wineries rather than buying the same bottles at a retail store.
The Wines: Tasting Notes
Two Lions produces wines that "work for any palate," with estate-grown grapes from the Upper Marlboro property processed and bottled on-site. The range spans accessible fruity whites through structured full-bodied reds, giving a group of tasters with different preferences something worth trying regardless of individual inclination toward sweeter or drier styles.
The Adults-Only Tasting Experience
The tasting room operates as an adults-only space — a deliberate choice that shapes the visit in meaningful ways. The atmosphere is focused on wine education and palate development rather than family-entertainment programming. Conversations with the winemakers happen at the tasting bar rather than around a picnic table with distracted children. The visit functions as a grown-up outing specifically because the space is designed for grown-ups, and the wines and the stories behind them get the full attention they deserve. For couples, friend groups, and corporate wine outings seeking a tasting-room experience that treats visitors as serious wine enthusiasts rather than casual day-trippers, the adults-only format is a feature rather than a limitation.
The Wedding Venue
Two Lions operates as a wedding venue with vineyard ceremony sites, indoor and outdoor reception areas, and event packages for up to 120 guests. Packages start at approximately $5,200 and include select services: catering coordination, event rentals, setup, cleanup, a dressing suite, and service staff. The vineyard setting — estate rows visible from the ceremony site, the Upper Marlboro agricultural landscape as backdrop — provides the visual character that barn and vineyard weddings command a premium for in this market. For couples attending the Washington Bridal Expo or planning a Maryland wedding, Two Lions on Croom Road is a Prince George's County option that competes on setting and intimacy with better-known Frederick County and Howard County venues while offering the specific advantage of proximity to the DC suburbs' largest population concentrations.
Getting to Two Lions Vineyards
The Croom Road Wine Corridor
Two Lions Vineyards and Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards — a historic family farm three miles south at 15800 Croom Road, Brandywine — create a natural pairing for groups that want to visit two distinct Maryland winery experiences in a single afternoon. The two properties offer complementary identities: Two Lions' lion-themed modern brand, adults-only format, and founder's-story narrative contrasts with Robin Hill's 65-year multi-generational farm heritage, tobacco-barn tasting room, and estate wines grown on land that was farmed before the current owners were born. Together they provide the full range of what Maryland wine country looks like in Prince George's County — the entrepreneurial new vineyard and the established family farm, both within three miles of each other on the same road.
The Experience Prince George's winery guide covers both Croom Road properties alongside other county wine destinations. A Maryland wine tour vehicle handles the tasting-room-to-tasting-room hop between Two Lions and Robin Hill — three miles on Croom Road — while the group focuses on the wine rather than the driving. For groups of four to eight spending an afternoon on Croom Road, the vehicle eliminates the designated-driver problem that every winery visit creates: everyone tastes, everyone rides home safely, and the per-person vehicle cost split across the group is modest against the backdrop of a full afternoon of estate wine tasting at two Maryland properties. An airport car service from BWI for out-of-town visitors arriving for a Maryland wine weekend covers the BWI-to-Croom-Road arrival in approximately 25 minutes — making the Croom Road wine corridor one of the most accessible wine day-trip destinations from the Baltimore-Washington airport.
Prince George's County and the Emerging Maryland Wine Map
Prince George's County's emergence as a Maryland wine destination reflects a broader shift in the state's agricultural identity. The county's southern tier — the Croom Road corridor, the Piscataway and Brandywine areas, and the US-301 agricultural corridor extending into Charles County — retains farming character that the county's northwestern and central areas have largely lost to suburban development. This agricultural persistence creates the conditions for estate viticulture: available land, an existing farming community and infrastructure, and soil and climate conditions suited to Maryland's most successful grape varieties. Two Lions and Robin Hill are the most visible wine destinations in this corridor, but they sit within a broader regional movement toward value-added agricultural uses — farm breweries, cideries, and specialty crops — that is transforming the agricultural land south of the Capital Beltway into a destination for food and beverage tourism from the DC and Baltimore markets. The Croom Road properties are 25 to 30 miles from downtown DC and downtown Baltimore, which places them within what planners call the "agricultural day-trip radius" — close enough for an afternoon excursion, far enough that the drive through Prince George's County's rural landscape creates genuine separation from urban contexts. This geographic positioning, combined with the winery experiences themselves, is what makes a Croom Road wine afternoon something that the group books deliberately rather than stumbles into.
Croom Road Wine Tour: Two Lions + Robin Hill
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Frequently Asked Questions
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