Comments on: SJ Locavore goes to the East Coast Food & Wine Festival

By: Locavore odds and ends | South Jersey Locavore

Locavore odds and ends | South Jersey Locavore — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:46:02 +0000

[...] Finally, it’s Open That Bottle Night this Saturday night. In it’s 11th year, it’s the night when you’re supposed to open that bottle of wine you’ve been saving for a special occasion but that special occasion never seems to come up. I’ll be opening a bottle of Unionville Vineyard’s The Big ‘O’ that I bought at last year’s East Coast Food & Wine Festival. [...]

By: South Jersey Locavore goes to the Jersey Fresh Food & Wine Festival | South Jersey Locavore

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:24:31 +0000

[...] On Saturday, the boys and I drove down to Heritage Vineyards for the Jersey Fresh Food & Wine Festival. I enjoyed my day there, but I have one gripe and I’ll get it over with first. Then, I’ll move on to the fabulous wines. What’s my gripe? The lack of Jersey Fresh food. There was one small stand selling some produce. Other than that, the food for sale was not Jersey Fresh. It was the typical festival vendors. It would be great to see some local restaurants come in and sell food that centers around what’s in season in like they had at the East Coast Food & Wine Festival. [...]

By: robin

robin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:36:03 +0000

Gary Pavlis mentioned that Laurita has a fabulous tasting room. I don’t know when I’ll get there, but I certainly will put it on the list of things to do someday.

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:38:36 +0000

Sounds like you had a fun time. Laurita is a really beautiful winery. Hope we can all get together at Heritage this summer.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:19:33 +0000

You’re welcome. We certainly won’t starve or go without good drink here, will we?

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience! Just more evidence that The Garden State is living up to its name each day, and it’s clear that we can all eat and drink locally.