Wineries Announced for 6th Annual Jersey Shore Wine Festival
The participating wineries for the 6th Annual presented by the Lakewood BlueClaws, have been announced. Here are all of the fun things you can expect to see at the 2016 Jersey Shore Wine Festival.
Scheduled to take place rain-or-shine from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, the Jersey Shore Wine Festival will offer featured samplings of delicious wines from an exciting variety of award-winning Garden State wineries.
Due to the success of last year’s festival, every winery from the 2015 Jersey Shore Wine Festival will be returning plus two more. These include the following: Valenzano Winery, DiMatteo Winery; Monroeville Vineyards & Winery; Plagido’s Winery; Tomasello Winery, Inc.; Wagonhouse Winery; Four Sisters; CAVA Winery; and lastly, Sharrott Winery.There will also be two new wineries this year: Franklinville’s Coda Rossa and Sewell’s Villari Vineyards.
In addition to wine tastings, there will also be live entertainment, as well as 40 crafters, retail vendors, food truck vendors and a children’s play area. The annual wine festival will be held in Lakewood’s FirstEnergy Park (2 Stadium Way).
The cost to attend is $20 in advance or $25 at the gate for those over 21. Designated drivers are free. No dogs, hovercraft/hoverboards, drones, bicycles or skateboards are allowed during festival days.
Tickets for Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 can be purchased through EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jersey-shore-wine-festival-tickets-20256522805?ref=ebtnebtckt.
All net proceeds will be donated to Sylvia’s Children, a Holmdel-based 501(c)3 organization working over the past 13 years to improve the living conditions for more than 1,000 children in the village of Mbiriizi in Uganda, Africa. Sponsors of this event include New Jersey Monthly, Asbury Park Press, WJRZ/WRAT, and Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Branch
