Staying true to my New Year's resolution of increasing our social life and doing something new with Ed every month, I signed us up to participate in the Wilmington University's Alumni winetasting event at Heritage Vineyards in Mullica Hill, NJ last night. 
It was such a pretty sunny day that the drive in across the bridge, (in the midst of Friday rush hour traffic!) wasn't too painful!
It was such a pretty sunny day that the drive in across the bridge, (in the midst of Friday rush hour traffic!) wasn't too painful!
Heritage Vineyards sits in the middle of what are now new neighborhood developments, so it's a bit of a surprise to see this winery surrounded by houses.
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Loved seeing familiar faces in our little winetasting crowd! Some of my Pi Gamma Mu honor society students, who've now graduated, were also there, as well as alumns who have supported me in the Polar Bear Plunge!
The tasting itself was a bit strange, and I have to admit that I've never been to a winetasting where you have to reuse your glass, even when switching from red to white!
Shown above is a popular sweet wine, Jersey Blush. While sweets are not my favorite, this one was fun and I brought home 2 bottles for my daughter. Does that not qualify me for a "mother of the year" award?
I also took home a bottle of their Chambourcin, a full-bodied red.
Ed said he tasted each wine they had. I can only say that I tasted 2 reds, 3 whites, and 2 of their sweet wines. The whites tasted like water to me, so I scratched that off my list. Two of the reds were decent, and were New Jersey Wine Festival award winners. The Cuvee was OK, but I like the Chambourcin better.
It was a fun get-together, but the wine-tasting itself left something to be desired. I was most bothered by having to taste a white wine in the same glass from which I had tasted a red. All in all, the event and the evening was a fun interlude.This last photo says it all!
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