Mount Salem Vineyards

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Mount Salem Vineyards
Location 54 Mount Salem Road, Pittstown, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates 40.592454 N, 74.988501 W
First vines planted 2005
Opened to the public 2010
Key people Peter Leitner (owner)[1]
Acres cultivated 7
Cases/yr 1,000 (2014)
Distribution On-site, subscription
Tasting Tastings on weekends and by appointment
Website http://www.mountsalemvineyards.com/

Mount Salem Vineyards is a boutique winery in the Pittstown section of Alexandria Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[2] Formerly a produce, grain, and dairy farm, the vineyard was first planted in 2005, and opened to the public in 2010.[3][4] Mount Salem has 7 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 1,000 cases of wine per year.[4][5] The winery is located at over 600 feet above sea level on Mount Salem, the mountain for which the farm is named.[1][6]

Wines

Mount Salem Vineyards specializes in the use of Austrian and Northern Italian grapes, and serves as a winegrowing test site for Rutgers University.[4][7] Wine is principally produced from Blaufränkisch (Lemberger), Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Grüner Veltliner, Petit Manseng, Riesling, St. Laurent, Traminette, and Zweigelt grapes. The vines in the test site are Barbera, Merlot, Nebbiolo, Schiava Grossa, and Vespolina.[8] It is the only winery in New Jersey that produces wine from Petit Manseng, Schiava Grossa, St. Laurent, and Vespolina, which are vinifera grapes indigenous to mountainous regions of Western Europe.[9] Mount Salem is not located in one of New Jersey's three viticultural areas.[10]

A red barn displaying the flags of Austria, Hungary, New Jersey, and the United States, with several wine barrels and a bench in front.
Mount Salem's tasting room is in 200-year-old structure that once served as a barn.

Advocacy, licensing and associations

Mount Salem advocates Burgundian winemaking practices, including a strong emphasis on terroir, and the use of high-quality fruit and labor-intensive farming practices to produce premium wines.[11] Mount Salem has a farm winery license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which allows it to produce up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state.[12][13] The winery is not a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association, but is a member of the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.[14][15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pigott, Stuart and Justin Christoph. "New York Riesling Diary: Day 25 – New Jersey, the Ultimate Wrong Wine Region" on Stuart Pigott Riesling Global (blog) (21 December 2012). Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Westrich, Sal. New Jersey Wine: A Remarkable History. (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012). ISBN 9781609491833.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Warren. "Restored barn in Alexandria Township is rededicated; awarded pewter plaque" in The Hunterdon County Democrat (11 December 2010). Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Warr, Al. "Hunterdon is wine country: Grow it, make it, drink it" in The Hunterdon County Democrat (19 February 2012). Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mount Salem Vineyards" in American Winery Guide. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Mount Salem Vineyards. "Mount Salem Vineyards: About" (commercial website). Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Teague, Lettie. "Garden State of Wine" in The Wall Street Journal (archived website) (7 February 2013). Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  8. ↑ E-mail from Peter Leitner, owner of Mount Salem Vineyards. (7 May 2013).
  9. ↑ A review of the wines made by New Jersey's 46 wineries found no other establishment using Petit Manseng, Schiava Grossa, St. Laurent, or Vespolina grapes.
  10. ↑ Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). ISBN 9781934259573. Geographic descriptions of the Central Delaware Valley, Outer Coastal Plain, and Warren Hills AVAs exclude Mount Salem Vineyards.
  11. ↑ Leitner, Peter. "Business Assessment of the Emerging NJ Wine Market" (presentation) at The Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association Symposium. Snyder Research Farm, Pittstown, NJ. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  12. ↑ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries" (5 February 2013). Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  13. ↑ N.J.S.A. 33:1-10.
  14. ↑ Garden State Wine Growers Association. "GSWGA Wineries." Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. "Outer Coastal Plain Vineyards." Retrieved 8 September 2013.

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Coordinates: 40°35′33″N 74°59′19″W / 40.592454°N 74.988501°W / 40.592454; -74.988501

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