Wine from South Jersey? (Pt. 1 of 4)

Sep 27, 2023 Last reply: 2 years ago 4 Replies

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Dan the Man 2 years ago

While vacationing in Wildwood, NJ recently, I sought out nearby wine producers and settled on four. I bought three bottles from each.

The following bottles were from Cape May Winery & Vineyard:

2021 Vidal Blanc - Straw yellow in appearance, peach/apple aromas, tangy flavors of peach, lemon and Granny Smith apple, finished dry.

2020 Syrah - Opaque maroon color, red berries and black pepper on the nose, blackberry and plum flavors with a bit of green bell pepper, a touch tannic.

2020 Red blend - Dark plum jam color with an aroma to match, raspberry and plum flavors with tobacco, also a bit tannic. Uncomplicated, a good food wine.

I will put up my next installment whenever I open the next three bottles. Such heavy labor!

Dan-O (Had good weather on my trip!)

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dalewilli... 2 years ago

Thanks for taking for the team (actually blend and Vidal sound ok). But Wildwood/Cape May is beautiful, hope you had fun

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Dan the Man 2 years ago

Yeah, no complaints about my stay there. I hadn't been to Wildwood since I was in my teens (I'm now 58), so it was pretty much all new to me. Cape May has a state park that offers a leisurely hiking trail, and the people I met at the wineries seemed eager to talk about their produce. Good times.

Dan-O

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Mark Lipton 2 years ago

Yeah, can't say I've ever been motivated enough to try the local wineries when vacationing on the Jersey shore (we usually stayed in Ocean City, a dry town; thankfully Circle Liquors is right across the causeway :)) so thank you for the trip report. You've probably left the area already, but if not you should check out Crabby's in Mays Landing if you can.

Mark Lipton

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Dan the Man 2 years ago

I was there in August, but thanks for the recommendation, Mark.

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