Jersey Hills Wine Festival

Great day to spend together at the foot of the Ramapo Mountains. This wine fest looks like a ton of fun. We can have a picnic lunch and drink wine. Below I have list some of the information from the website. Here is the site: www.Newjerseywines.com Tickets • A Sampling Ticket can be purchased at the Admissions Tent for $25 from 11:30 am until 4:30 pm each day of the festival for those 21 and older. (CASH ONLY at the Admissions Tent). Advance Tickets can also be purchased online ahead of time and are valid either Saturday or Sunday. • Those sampling will receive a wine glass and wristband - this allows sampling of the numerous wines available at the festival. • 2-Day pass is offered for $40 – this allows admission entrance both Saturday and Sunday. Passes can be purchased online or at the Admission Tent on Saturday (until 4:30pm). You will obtain a "Sunday" ticket when you receive your wristband on Saturday. • Anyone under 21 is FREE • Designated Drivers are FREE General FAQ’s • Majority of the wineries accept credit cards. • There are NO ATM's on site (except for Cape May inside the Ferry Terminal - ATM's located on premise not at admission tent). • Sampling Ticket Sales end at 4:30pm EACH DAY – this way patrons are able to savor and enjoy the numerous wines available to sample. • Discounted group tickets can be purchased in advance for groups of 16 or more. Please contact wineinfo@newjerseywines.com to coordinate tickets for your group! Group rate tickets will not be sold at the door - all group rate tickets must be purchased in advance. In order to receive this discounted group rate ($18/person), your entire group must enter the festival at the same time. Quality Wine Alliance Program In a recent article in the New York Times entitled "What's Red and White And Made in New Jersey?", wine writer Kevin M. Atticks stated "These days, if you go into a wine shop and blindly grab a California wine, your chances of getting something mildly unpleasant are greater than if you pick up a wine from New Jersey." This is because New Jersey, like Italy and France, instituted a quality wine alliance program in 1999. The program, called QWA for short, insures that all wines sold to consumers meet set quality standards. New Jersey wines must pass a rigorous review process before they earn the coveted QWA designation. Wines submitted to the prestigious New Jersey Commercial Wine competition are reviewed by an independent review board consisting of certified wine judges, wine editors, wine distributors, liquor store owners, and experienced wine reviewers. Each wine is sampled to judge its quality. Wines that meet or exceed the rigorous review process are awarded the QWA designation. To help consumers determine which New Jersey wines have met these high quality standards, a QWA label is now being added to the bottles of wines that have passed this review process.