Garden State Grand Harvest Festival @ Alba Vineyard, Finesville, Milford, NJ
Celebrating the harvest season is a centuries old tradition. But the Garden State Wine Growers Association has come up with a new way to celebrate – a Harvest Festival of Wine. For the ninth year this celebration will be held at Alba Vineyards, Village of Finesville, Milford, New Jersey; this year on September 30 & October 1 from noon to 5:00 p.m. This is the last festival of the year and the last time until May 2007 that festival attendees can sample and purchase wines from more than a dozen wineries all in one location. Don’t miss this festival or you will have to wait eight months to attend the next one.
The Grand Harvest Wine Festival is guaranteed to please all the senses! The sense of taste is guaranteed to be satisfied at this festival. Sixteen New Jersey wineries will offer sample tastings and sales of their award-winning wines, including many produced from the past few years’ outstanding harvests. The weather the past few years produced superior grapes and the vineyards in New Jersey harvested some of the best wine grapes of the century. Wines made from these outstanding grapes are ready for tasting and sales at the Harvest Festival and at New Jersey wineries across the state.
Wineries attending the festival include Alba Vineyards, Finesville; Amalthea Cellars, Atco; Amwell Valley Vineyards, Ringoes; Bellview Winery, Landisville; Cream Ridge Winery, Cream Ridge; DiMatteo Winery, Hammonton; Four Sisters Winery, Belvidere; Heritage Vineyards, Richwood; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Pennington; Silver Decoy Winery, Robbinsville; Sylvin Farms, Germania; Tomasello Winery, Hammonton; Unionville Vineyards, Ringoes; and Valenzano Winery, Shamong.
The sense of taste is further enhanced by the gourmet food available for purchase at the festival. This year several renowned gourmet food purveyors will be providing delicious food to compliment the wines. (You can also bring your own picnic basket!)