Sippin’ in a Cemetery · Keeper’s Ground · May 28, 2026

Only 12 spots are released for each gathering.
These walks typically sell out.

This is not a ghost tour.
This is a two-hour walk among the dead.

History sounds different when you’re standing on top of it.
And that’s exactly what this walk is about.

Quick Details (read this first)

• Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
• Length: ~2 hours | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Arrival: 15 minutes early for check-in
• Group size: 12 guests max
• Age: 21+ only (valid ID required)
• Location: Kent Island (exact cemetery shared only with confirmed guests)
  • *You’ll receive two emails after purchase.* One confirmation and a second from me with the exact location and details. Look for “Keeper’s Ground” in the subject line.
• Includes: Guided storytelling walk + optional wine pours depending on ticket tier
• Bring: Your own glass (preferred) and whatever you’d like to sip
• Weather: Unsafe weather = rain date
• Refunds: No refunds unless canceled by me

Ticket Options

Walker — $60
Bring your own drink and join the walk.

Ritual Pour — $80
Includes two pours of my J. Coursey Willis private label wines, produced with Chesapeake Manor Vineyard from Kent Island–grown grapes.

Story Keeper (Harvest Barbera Rosé) — $105
Includes the Ritual Pour experience plus a signed bottle of J. Coursey Willis Harvest Barbera Rosé.

Story Keeper (Harbinger Chambourcin) — $115
Includes the Ritual Pour experience plus a signed bottle of J. Coursey Willis Harbinger Chambourcin.

All guests are welcome to BYOB.

About the Location Name

Each cemetery used for Sippin’ In A Cemetery is given a code name.
The real location is shared only with confirmed ticket holders.
Returning guests will recognize the ground.

Carved headstones. Old island names. Symbols most people pass without seeing.
Stories that only reveal themselves when you stand where they happened.

These gatherings are intentionally small. The dead deserve quiet.

A 13th presence always joins us.

What Happens During the Walk

We gather with a welcome and a first pour if you’d like one.

Bring a glass.
Bring a mug.
Bring a drink if you’d like.

I’ll have a bottle open as well.

Then we begin moving slowly through the ground.

Along the way I tell the stories tied to this place. The land, the symbolism carved into the stones, the people buried here, and the island that grew up around them. The same island my ancestors have called home since 1649.

Some of the stories are old island history.
Some are personal.
Some are dark.

Most have never been spoken outside a kitchen table or front porch.

It’s not about the alcohol.
It’s about the ritual.

We end where we began, with a final toast to the dead and the ground beneath us.

Your Ticket Includes

• A two-hour guided storytelling walk with J. Coursey Willis
  
• Optional wine pours depending on your ticket tier
• The option to BYOB
  
• Entry into a historic Kent Island burial ground whose location is shared only with confirmed guests
• A portion of proceeds supporting Historic Kent Island Inc.

These walks aren’t for spectacle. They’re for people who understand that history deserves quiet.

We’ll raise a glass to memory, to life, and to the ground beneath your feet.

Gathering Conditions (please read)

21+ only. Valid ID required. No refunds for underage purchases.

Attendance involves uneven terrain and the historic nature of the setting. By purchasing a ticket and attending, you agree to assume the risks associated with walking on uneven ground and alcohol consumption, and you release J. Coursey Willis LLC and Historic Kent Island, Inc. from liability.

Gritty. Reverent. Real.