From the Daily Record: "But farmers currently are constrained by an outdated state law from being able to deliver directly one agricultural product that New Jersey consumers want and that makes ultimate sense for direct shipment to the home: wine."
From the Press of Atlantic City: "... the New Jersey wine industry has boomed, and there are now high-quality wines only a short drive away from many of the state’s residents."
From Philly.com: "Sweet wines made with American grape varieties or other fruits -- cranberries, peaches, blueberries -- have long dominated New Jersey's wine industry. But with the number of wineries soaring in the last decade from 12 to at least 40, that's changing."
From the Wine Culture Project blog: "For the past ten years, I have never given any credit to New Jersey winemaking. Most of the wine I have had from Jersey over the years has been complete plonk. However, yesterday we stopped at Cape May Winery and had a flight of their offerings. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised."
From the East Coast Wineries blog: "And if there’s one thing New Jersey winery owners need to do, is that
they need to do a better job of banding together and promoting their
state product. There still isn’t a state wine event in Trenton or
anywhere of consequence in the Mercer County area. There’s not one near
Atlantic City. There’s not one in Red Bank or Montclair. Shame on you NJ
wineries!"
The WineLife365 blog reports:"New Jersey wineries have been garnering their fair share of medals in both national and international wine competitions."
From the Newark Star-Ledge via East Wine wineries: Said one grower about New Jersey: "It’s never going to be mass-produced, overly commercialized, exported wine. It’s going to be local wine." And isn't that why we do this?