"The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA) said this week that its second annual New Jersey Wine Expo, held on Nov. 15 at Bell Works in Holmdel, "unfolded seamlessly." It assembled the largest gathering of New Jersey wineries ever brought together under one roof, offering around a reported 1,300 attendees a full day of tasting, learning, and celebrating the state's wine industry."
""The NJ Wine Expo is the best way to taste wines, talk to winemakers, and take home your favorite bottles from New Jersey's diverse wineries all in one beautiful venue," Bellview Winery's in David Gardner, events chair of the GSWGA board, said in a press release. Added Dustin Tarpine, chairman of the GSWGA board and owner of Cedar Rose Vineyards, "The NJ Wine Expo is the largest gathering of New Jersey wineries, bringing the industry together like no other event.""
"Tarpine, 37, has spent his career in businesses connected to wine, beginning with a summer internship with Dr. Dan Ward at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) in 2009 and then, after graduation, following another internship opportunity in California that was focused on farm management and crop production in California in 2011. By 2012, he and friend Steven Becker, 36, started to plant what eventually turned out to be 20 acres of vines in New Jersey's Cumberland County."
The second annual New Jersey Wine Expo took place Nov. 15 at Bell Works in Holmdel and unfolded seamlessly. The event assembled the largest gathering of New Jersey wineries under one roof and hosted around 1,300 attendees for a full day of tasting, learning, and celebrating. Organizers and participants described the expo as the best way to taste wines, meet winemakers, and purchase bottles from New Jersey's diverse producers. Dustin Tarpine emphasized the expo's role in uniting the state's industry. Tarpine and partners operate Cedar Rose Vineyards and Vinetech, and the state counts more than 60 producers amid economic pressures affecting sales and vineyard decisions.
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