A collaborative group of destination marketing organizations, wineries and wine trails launched the newly-developed Vintage Atlantic Wine Region, a collection of the first East Coast multi-state wine region (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania). The announcement came at a gathering at the Harvest Ridge Winery in Marydel, Del.
The Vintage Atlantic Wine Region collaboration started in August 2013. The mission is to create a Wine Region that links existing wine trails and wineries in various states, ignoring state borders, that have common geography, climate and growing conditions, for the collective benefit of promoting those trails, together with the region’s other historical and tourism assets within and beyond this Region.
This region would include the area around the Delaware Bay and lower Delaware River, up to and including the Philadelphia Metro area.
Scott Donnini, of Auburn Road Vineyard & Winery shares “What a region needs to become a Wine Region are serious, quality wines and a critical mass of wineries making them. We already knew that there were great wines being made in this area. Then when you look at the map in a new way, you suddenly see over 50 wineries, all within easy driving distance of one another and lots to do in between – in short – a destination.”
“The Vintage Atlantic Wine Region will show the region, the country and the world, what excellent grapes and wines can be produced in our region. It is an exciting time for all the wineries to pull together and promote with a single voice” according to Chuck Nunan, Harvest Ridge Winery.
