New Jersey wine

Viticulture in New Jersey called viticulture in the American state of New Jersey. According to U.S. law, each state and each county is a protected designation of origin by definition and does not need to be recognized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as such.

First experiments with the wine can be traced back to the year 1787. The Renault Winery, founded in 1864 is one of the oldest still operating wineries in the United States.

By the year 1981, the wine-growing law only very limited possible. Since the loosening of laws produce 19 wineries, most of which are family-led, annually approximately 3.8 million liters of wine. With this amount of New Jersey is ranked 5 ejection amount / state in the United States.

Because of the cool climate, there are a significant proportion of French hybrid vines (such as Chambourcin, Chancellor, ...) and autochthonous descendants of American wild vines.

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