Tomasello Winery
Location225 North White Horse Pike
(Route 30), Hammonton, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates39.642400 N, 74.781234 W
AppellationOuter Coastal Plain AVA
First vines planted1888
Opened to the public1933
Key peopleFrank Tomasello (founder)
Charlie Tomasello,
Jack Tomasello (owners)[1]
Acres cultivated70
Cases/yr65,000 (2013)
Other attractionsPicnicking permitted
DistributionOn-site, wine festivals, NJ liquor stores, NJ outlet stores, home shipment
TastingDaily tastings
Websitehttp://www.tomasellowinery.com/

Tomasello Winery is a winery located in Hammonton in Atlantic County, New Jersey.[2][3] Tomasello is the second-oldest active winery in the state, after Renault Winery. The vineyard was first planted in 1888, and opened to the public in 1933 after the end of Prohibition.[1][4] Tomasello is one of the largest winegrowers in New Jersey, having 70 acres of grapes under cultivation, and producing 65,000 cases of wine per year.[5][6] Although the winery is in Hammonton, most of the grapes are grown on three vineyards in the neighboring Winslow Township in Camden County.[7] The winery is named after the family that owns it.[1][3]

Wines

Tomasello Winery is in the Outer Coastal Plain AVA. Its wines are made from a variety of fruits including:[5][8]

Grape wines
Non-grape wines

Tomasello was a participant at the Judgment of Princeton, a wine tasting organized by the American Association of Wine Economists that compared New Jersey wines to premium French vintages.[10][11]

Advocacy, licensing, associations, and outlets

Tomasello is an advocate of the direct shipping of wine from wineries to customers.[12] Tomasello has a plenary winery license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which allows it to produce an unrestricted amount of wine, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state.[13][14] The winery is a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.[15][16] Tomasello operates outlet stores in several New Jersey towns all of which are associated with local farms such as Chester, Freehold, Lambertville, Smithville, Cranford, and Wyckoff.[17][18]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tomasello Winery is the only New Jersey producer of wines using this grape
  2. ^ Tomasello Winery is the only New Jersey producer of wines using this grape

References

  1. ^ a b c Post, Kevin. "A very good year: Garden State Wine Growers Association names Hammonton winery No. 1" in The Press of Atlantic City (4 May 2012). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  2. ^ Schmidt, R. Marilyn. Wines and Wineries of New Jersey. (Chatsworth, NJ: Pine Barrens Press, 1999). ISBN 9780937996386.
  3. ^ a b Westrich, Sal. New Jersey Wine: A Remarkable History. (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012). ISBN 9781609491833.
  4. ^ Weisberg, Susan. "Having a grape time" in The Press of Atlantic City (20 September 1992). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). ISBN 9781934259573.
  6. ^ Firstenfeld, Jane. "New Jersey Lets In Most Wineries" in Wines & Vines (6 February 2012). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  7. ^ Procida, Lee. "A growing industry gets better with age: New Jersey wineries flourish" in The Press of Atlantic City (26 September 2010). Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b c Toms, Charlie. "Tomasello Winery Review" in American Winery Guide (27 July 2013). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  9. ^ a b Goldberg, Howard G. "N.J. Vines: Buy Today, Drink Tonight" in The New York Times (6 December 1998). Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  10. ^ Storchmann, Karl. "The Judgment of Princeton" on The American Association of Wine Economists (academic website) (11 June 2012). Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  11. ^ Davidson, Adam. "Bottle Bing: How New Jersey Could Make Itself the Next Napa" in The New York Times Magazine (12 March 2013). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  12. ^ Clurfeld, Andrea. "NJ battle over wine shipping at turning point" in The Daily Journal (3 January 2012). Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  13. ^ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries" (5 February 2013). Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  14. ^ New Jersey General Assembly. "N.J.S.A. 33:1-10". Statutes of New Jersey. New Jersey.
  15. ^ Garden State Wine Growers Association. "GSWGA Wineries." Archived 2013-06-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  16. ^ Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. "Outer Coastal Plain Wineries." Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  17. ^ DiUlio, Nick. "A Taste of Old-World Charm" in New Jersey Monthly (11 April 2011). Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  18. ^ Garden State Wine Growers Association. "Events of the Month" (15 June 2013). Retrieved 15 June 2013.

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