Cruv covers New Jersey wine country in three parts: Hunterdon County and its Delaware River towns, the Hammonton area in Atlantic County, and Cape May at the state's southern end. Cruv shows who is pouring now in each part and the events ahead.
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The Cape May Peninsula AVA, established in 2018, lies in Cape May and Cumberland counties, surrounded by the Pinelands National Reserve and water. The state wine association credits it with New Jersey's most frost-free days and longest growing season.
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Hunterdon County's tourism office promotes the county's countryside as scenic wine country. Wineries sit in towns such as Lambertville and Stockton along the Delaware River, plus Ringoes and Pittstown. The 579 Trail links farms, markets and wineries.
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Hammonton, in Atlantic County, is a South Jersey wine area inside the Outer Coastal Plain AVA (2007). The AVA is mostly flat, with soils largely sandy loam that drains well, and a regional trail links local wineries and breweries.
The Garden State Wine Growers Association says New Jersey will not be known for one grape, because growing conditions differ across the state. It names leading white and red grapes, plus several French-American hybrids that do well here.
White
The Garden State Wine Growers Association names Chardonnay among New Jersey's leading white grapes. It is a vinifera variety, not a hybrid, and the association gives its leading whites as a statewide list rather than by region.
White
Riesling is another of the leading white grapes the association names for New Jersey. Its list of leading whites also includes Grüner Veltliner, Petit Manseng, Albariño and Chardonnay.
Red
A red vinifera grape the association names among New Jersey's leading reds, alongside Merlot, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Blaufränkisch. The association gives that list for the whole state, not by region.
Red
Merlot is another red vinifera grape on the association's list of leading New Jersey reds. For the Warren Hills AVA in western New Jersey, the association says vinifera grapes grow on south-facing slopes, without naming varieties.
Red
Chambourcin is a red French-American hybrid that the association says flourishes in New Jersey. It describes the leading grapes in the Warren Hills AVA of western New Jersey as largely hybrids, without naming them.
White
Vidal Blanc is a white French-American hybrid that the association says does well in New Jersey, along with Chambourcin and Vignoles. The association does not tie the grape to a particular part of the state.
