Amalthea Cellars ( Toms, Charles. "Amalthea Cellars Review" in American Winery Guide (16 November 2013). Retrieved 5 December 2013.) is a winery in the West Atco section of Winslow in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.Goldberg, Howard G. "N.J. Vines: A Winning Merlot in The New York Times (21 November 1999). Retrieved 15 November 2013.Weisberg, Susan. "Perfect Together: New Jersey's Red Wines are Ideal Mates for Food" in The Press of Atlantic City (10 May 1992). Retrieved 15 November 2013. The vineyard was first planted in 1976, and opened to the public in 1981.Schmidt, R. Marilyn. Wines and Wineries of New Jersey. (Chatsworth, NJ: Pine Barrens Press, 1999). .Foderaro, T.J. "A Winery at the Top of its Game" in Inside Jersey (published by The Star-Ledger) (16 April 2009). Retrieved 18 April 2013. Amalthea has 10 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 5,000 cases of wine per year.Choukroun-Chicheportiche, Jonathan. on Vert de Vin (blog) (27 August 2013). Retrieved 5 December 2013. The winery is named after Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter, reflecting the owner's scientific background and love of mythology.Reuter, Nancy. "Atco Italian Festival To Include Wine-tasting, Grape-stomping" in The Philadelphia Inquirer (18 September 1988). Retrieved 11 November 2013.Goldberg, Howard G. "Peel Me a Grape" in The New York Times (2 July 1995). Retrieved 11 November 2013.
Wines Amalthea Cellars is in the Outer Coastal Plain AVA, and produces wine from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chancellor, Chardonnay, Dolcetto, Merlot, Pinot gris, Rayon d'Or, Riesling, Rkatsiteli, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Traminette, Villard blanc, and Viognier grapes. Amalthea also makes fruit wines from blueberries and peaches.Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). .Amalthea Cellars. "Amalthea Cellars: Wine List" (commercial website). Retrieved 21 October 2013. It is the only winery in New Jersey that produces wine from Rayon d'Or, which is a white hybrid grape developed in France in the early twentieth century.Robinson, Jancis, et al. Wine Grapes. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2013). . Amalthea 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.Storchmann, Karl. "The Judgment of Princeton" on The American Association of Wine Economists (academic website) (11 June 2012). Retrieved 9 April 2013.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.
Advocacy, licensing, and associations The winery advocates traditional winemaking techniques, and uses egg whites, sulfur, and oak barrels to produce its wine.Westrich, Sal. New Jersey Wine: A Remarkable History. (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012). . Amalthea 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.New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries" (5 February 2013). Retrieved 20 August 2013. Amalthea is a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.Garden State Wine Growers Association. "GSWGA Wineries." Retrieved 22 March 2013.Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. "Outer Coastal Plain Wineries." Retrieved 22 March 2013.
See also Alcohol laws of New Jersey American wine Judgment of Princeton List of wineries, breweries, and distilleries in New Jersey New Jersey Farm Winery Act New Jersey Wine Industry Advisory Council New Jersey wine
References
External links Garden State Wine Growers Association Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association Amalthea Cellars home page