(RINGOES, NJ) -- In France, the third Thursday of every November is Beaujolais Nouveau Day, celebrating the release of the first wines of the season with wine tastings, parties, music and festivals. Old York Cellars, located in Ringoes, New Jersey is continuing to bring this tradition to the Garden State this year by releasing their 2020 BeauJerséy Red, BeauJerséy White and BeauJerséy Rosé wines on Thursday, November 19.
BeauJerséy Nouveau Day is Old York Cellars’ celebration of the end of their successful 2020 harvest. The winery has four days of celebrations at their three locations in Ringoes, Bridgewater Commons Mall and Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrenceville. The celebration kicks off at their vineyard in Ringoes at 12 noon on November 19 with the release of the three BeauJerséy wines and the first tasting, which will be featured on Facebook Live. Their wine makers will hand deliver the wines will to their Bridgewater Commons Mall Wine Shop and their Quaker Bridge Mall Restaurant and Wine Shop for tasting and purchase at those locations at 5 pm.
The celebration will continue through Sunday, November 22 at each of the locations. The winery will have live music, wine tasting flights served tableside and large tented and outdoor areas of socially distanced seating. Their Quaker Bridge Mall restaurant will have a special BeauJerséy menu created by in-house Chef, José Diaz. Full details of all of the events are available on the Old York Cellars website calendar and reservations can also be made on their website.
Nouveau wines are bottled shortly after the harvest and the wine is very young when it is traditionally uncorked. They are bright, young and fruity. The wines spent less time in contact with the skin of the grapes making them less tannic, one of the special qualities of Nouveau wines. They are delicious shortly after bottling, perfect for Thanksgiving meal.
The Old York Cellars winemakers are continuing the Nouveau tradition by producing small quantities of the BeauJerséy Nouveau Red, White and Rosé wines to toast the end of the 2020 harvest season. The Red is a fruit forward, exuberant wine made entirely from New Jersey Chambourcin grapes, the White is Riesling and the Rosé is light with hints fresh berries made entirely from New Jersey Pinot Noir and Chambourcin grapes. Only about 80 cases of each wine were bottled.
“New Jersey wines have come a long way and compete with French wines for quality. Now we want to match the fun of the French Nouveau wines,” said David Wolin, owner of Old York Cellars. “The fantastic 2020 harvest has given us much to celebrate this year.”
Set amidst some of the oldest vineyards in the Garden State, Old York Cellars offers a full selection of award-winning wines accessible to wine lovers from Philadelphia to New York City. After visiting many wine regions across the world, owner David Wolin started Old York Cellars with a vision to create a world-class winery in New Jersey. Wolin has brought together staff and vintners with strong passions for the art of winemaking, utilizing new and old world techniques and the best grape varietals the region has to offer. The vineyard property offers scenic views of the Sourland Mountain range, 25 beautiful acres of preserved farmland, rolling vineyards and covered socially distanced seating areas. Vineyard planting began in 1979, these vines were the first to produce wine under the New Jersey Farm Act of 1981 (the legislation that continues to facilitate New Jersey's growth into a booming wine region). The winery now has two additional locations in the Bridgewater Commons Mall and the Quaker Bridge Mall.
