The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA) is an industry trade association established as an advocate for New Jersey's wine grape growers, providing leadership on research and education programs, public policies, sustainable farming practices and trade policy to enhance the New Jersey wine grape growing business and communities. The association sponsors multiple wine festivals each year.[1][2] Vintage North Jersey, a subsidiary of the Garden State Wine Growers Association, was founded in 2013. Vintage North Jersey includes ten wineries in northwestern New Jersey, and received a $16,000 tourism grant from the state of New Jersey.[3][4]
Members
editOf New Jersey's 48 wineries, 40 are members of the Garden State Wine Growers Association.[5] The 10 GSWGA wineries that are also members of Vintage North Jersey are marked with "(VNJ)"[4]
See also
edit- Alcohol laws of New Jersey
- American wine
- Judgment of Princeton
- List of wineries, breweries, and distilleries in New Jersey
- New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
- New Jersey Farm Winery Act
- New Jersey Wine Industry Advisory Council
- New Jersey wine
- Outer Coastal Plain AVA
- Warren Hills AVA
- Central Delaware Valley AVA
References
edit- ^ Venutolo, Anthony. "New Jersey wines featured at annual festival" in The Star-Ledger (6 August 2009). Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Blues & Wine Festival comes to Natirar Park for Memorial Day Weekend" in The Messenger-Gazette (17 March 2012). Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Carlson, Joe. "Wineries receive grant to boost N.J. tourism" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine in The New Jersey Herald (reprinted article) (30 March 2013). Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b Vintage North Jersey. "Participating Wineries on the Vintage North Jersey Wine Trail." Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Garden State Wine Growers Association. "GSWGA Wineries." Archived June 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 July 2013.
External links
edit- Garden State Wine Growers Association (official website)