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New Jersey wine legal issues

From the Daily Record: "But farmers currently are constrained by an outdated state law from being able to deliver directly one agricultural product that New Jersey consumers want and that makes ultimate sense for direct shipment to the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."

New Jersey wineries flourish

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."

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New Jersey wineries prosper

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."

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New Jersey's Cape May Winery

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."

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High expectations for New Jersey wine

From the DailyRecord.com: "[G]rapes have to be particularly resilient to survive in Jersey."

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New Jersey: Promote your wine

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!"

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Drink local in New Jersey

From the John and Lisa are Eating in South Jersey blog: "Wine indigenous to New Jersey? Yes, and stop snickering for just a moment. You’re thinking about those cheap, nasty wines produced in the 1970’s. ..."

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New Jersey wines will get more respect

That's one of the predictions for 2010 at NJ.com: "While the rate of winery openings has slowed, the push to improve quality has accelerated."

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New Jersey wine trail

The WineLife365 blog reports:"New Jersey wineries have been garnering their fair share of medals in both national and international wine competitions."

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New Jersey wine update

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?

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