The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA), the advocacy organization that represents over 50 wineries, grape growers and associated member companies in New Jersey today released the first edition of its new At the Vineyard show on You Tube, featuring Four Sisters Winery located in Belvidere, NJ. The At the Vineyard show is funded through…
Take That Special Lady to a NJ Winery for Mother’s Day Looking for a special way to pay tribute to that special woman this Mother’s Day? Take her out to a winery as part of the Garden State Wine Growers Association’s annual “Mother’s Day Wine Trail Weekend” Saturday and Sunday May 13-14 from noon to…
I am not afraid to admit that I am a chicken wing fiend. The opening of Buffalo Wild Wings throughout NJ not only changed my diet, it changed my life. I might be the only person who can say with a straight face that they go to Hooters for the food. In my journey to…
12/19/14Last week, a study was published in the Journal of Wine Economics, discussing the subjective interpretation of NJ and CA wines, when the tasters were unaware of the origin of the wine, versus their opinions when they knew there were NJ offerings in front of them. The results are remarkable and reflect the impact our…
I had the opportunity to represent New Jersey wines in Washington DC a couple weeks ago at a New Jersey and New York wine tasting competition, held jointly by the respective state societies. To be honest, I didn’t even know what a state society was until this event, but Nancy Fatemi and her staff do…
We had an incredible Memorial Day Weekend at Natirar Park in Peapack, with almost 5,000 of our favorite New Jersey wine enthusiasts. It was a weekend of driving Blues Rock, plenty of delicious wines, heaps of medals from the NJ Wine Competition awards ceremony, and lastly, just a lot of fun. The festival grounds at…
Judges evaluated close to 300 wines from 29 Garden State Wineries last weekend at the annual New Jersey Wine Competition before awarding “Governor’s Cup” trophies for the best grape, fruit, and dessert wines. The competition’s awards ceremony took place Saturday at the Garden State Wine Grower’s Association’s Blues and Wine Festival, at Natirar Park in…