Brook Hollow Winery is a winery in the Columbia section of Knowlton Township in Warren County, New Jersey."New Jersey and Pennsylvania add farms, according to agriculture census" in The Express-Times (9 February 2009). Retrieved 15 April 2013.Westrich, Sal. New Jersey Wine: A Remarkable History. (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012). . Brook Hollow's original vineyard was first planted in 2002, and opened to the public in 2007.Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). .Mack, Danielle. "New Jersey's Top Wineries in NJBIZ (11 March 2013). Retrieved 18 April 2013. In 2013, the winery moved to a new location in Columbia."Spring wine and food pairing offered along the Vintage North Jersey Wine Trail, April 13-14" in The Hunterdon County Democrat (9 April 2013). Retrieved 18 May 2013. Brook Hollow has 8 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 1,050 cases of wine per year. The winery is named for a hollow created by Yards Creek, a stream that runs through the farm's original location.E-mail from Paul Ritter, owner of Brook Hollow Winery (22 May 2013).Google Maps. "52 Frog Pond Rd, Columbia, NJ 07832" (mapping website). Retrieved 10 June 2013. The map shows the Yards Creek running through Brook Hollow Farm, which was the original location of the winery.
Wines Brook Hollow Winery is in the Warren Hills AVA, and produces wine from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cayuga White, Chambourcin, Chancellor, Chardonnay, Concord, Frontenac, Merlot, Riesling, Vidal blanc, Zinfandel, and other grapes. Brook Hollow also makes fruit wines from cranberries.Brook Hollow Winery. "Brook Hollow Winery: Our Wines" (commercial website). Retrieved 11 June 2013. It is the only winery in New Jersey that produces wine from Geneva Red, which is a red hybrid grape developed in New York in 1947.Cattell, Hudson. "Winegrape renamed Geneva Red" in Wines & Vines (27 July 2012). Retrieved 11 June 2013. A review of the wines made by New Jersey's 46 wineries found no other establishment using Geneva Red grapes.
Licensing and associations Brook Hollow 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.New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries" (5 February 2013). Retrieved 20 August 2013. The winery is a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association and its subsidiary, Vintage North Jersey.Garden State Wine Growers Association. "GSWGA Wineries." Retrieved 22 March 2013.Vintage North Jersey. "Participating Wineries on the Vintage North Jersey Wine Trail." Retrieved 26 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 Vintage North Jersey