New Jersey
We received this message from the New Jersey Grape Growers Association and thought we’d pass it along to our readers.
We support bills that allow wines from small wineries to be shipped directly to in state and out of state residents. Consumers should have access to wines they discover on their travels. It is an economically sound decision.
If anyone in New Jersey reads this, please follow the link and voice your opinion.
Here is the message:
Currently, Garden State wine lovers cannot have their favorite wines shipped to them from New Jersey vineyards. The same restrictions prevent you from having wine shipped to you from vineyards and wineries outside of New Jersey.
There is legislation being proposed—Assembly Bill A-1702—that will give you the power and the choice to have wines shipped directly to you from wineries throughout our state.
Approval of this legislation is a win-win situation.
Millions of wine consumers in 35 other states are able to have wine shipped from their wineries to their homes every day. Now New Jersey residents will be able to do the same.
It will help New Jersey’s economy – When you provide New Jersey wineries with the ability to sell their products and ship them in New Jersey and across the nation, they will sell more products, grow more grapes, pay more taxes and grow their businesses too.
New Jersey’s many award winning wineries will finally be placed on equal footing with wineries in 35 other states. And, wine consumers from other states will have the ability to have New Jersey wines shipped to their homes.
But to do this, we need your help now more than ever. New Jersey wine consumers are having an impact on the debate. To ensure that you have that same choice freedom of choice as consumers in 35 other states, paste the following link into your browser:
http://capwiz.com/cpanj/issues/alert/?alertid=12317661&PROCESS=Take+Action
and call on your legislators to give you the right to choose.
We need to keep up the momentum. Please continue to take action and encourage 10 of your friends, family members, colleagues and neighbors to ask Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver to post the direct shipping bill now!!
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Despite its industrial and urban reputation, New Jersey isn’t called The Garden State for nothing … outside of the major metro areas are miles and miles of agricultural farms producing abundant crops of fruits and vegetables.
In fact, New Jersey’s wine industry is one of the most well established in America, stretching back well over 200 years. As an example, the Renault Winery in southern New Jersey dates back to the Civil War!
Although New Jersey doesn’t have any specific wine trails, the state does have almost 30 operating wineries. The official New Jersey wine site is one of the best in the country, serving as a role model not only for other states but also wine marketing in general. If you’re interested in New Jersey wines and wineries, you’ll find their monthly newsletter extremely useful and enjoyable.
