In A Bottle by Rich Fisher Strange as it may seem, New Jersey can market its wines with extra confidence this year due to the long drought that hit the state this past summer. We're constantly trying to get the quality of grapes up here and the biggest thing was learning what was able to be grown on the East Coast. When it first started out, everybody tried growing everything California could grow. We're looking to grow the kind of fruit that the soil and the climate can produce, and we want to make market-friendly wines. We don't want to be pioneers.
Pioneers just end up with arrows through their hats.
Thus, local wineries have played to their strengths, growing hybrid grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Foch, Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, Riesling, Chambourcin, Chardonnay and Cayuga. Not only do these grapes produce the traditional table wines, but they are also blended as each winery attempts to make its own special flavor. But the Garden State Wine Growers are getting out there, they've hired a publicist, which is great. We have a lot of festivals that introduce people to our wines, and that's a great marketing tool. Related Items Garden State Winegrowers Musconetcong Valley Strange as it may seem, New Jersey can market its wines with extra confidence this year due to the long drought that hit the state this past summer.