Time to rejoice oenophiles: New Jersey Wine Week – an annual statewide celebration of Garden State winemaking and grape growing, takes place during the third week of November. This yearly event is designed to offer both new and experienced wine enthusiasts a reason to raise a glass in celebration of the burgeoning New Jersey wine…
Two-and-one-quarter million acres in Southeastern New Jersey. That’s how big the Outer Coastal Plain AVA is. It’s one of the largest American Viticultural Areas in the United States, and the conditions within those 2.25 million acres are excellent for growing wine grapes. Within the OCP’s borders, which was established in 2007, are about 35 wineries…
Grapes grown in Arizona won’t produce the same type of wine that grapes grown in France will—but you probably already knew that. The distinctions between the character of grapes grown from one side of a state—such as New Jersey—to another will vary considerably too. That’s one of the reasons there are four American Viticultural Areas…
