Amalthea Cellars ( Toms, Charles
"Amalthea Cellars Review"
in ''

American Winery Guide American Winery Guide (AWG) is an online compendium of wineries in the United States. Founded by Jim Finley and Tim Donahoe in 2007, American Winery Guide catalogues and maps American wineries by state and viticultural area. The guide lists the ...

'' (16 November 2013). Retrieved 5 December 2013.) is a

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in the West Atco section of Winslow in Camden County,

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, United States. The

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was first planted in 1976, and opened to the public in 1981. Amalthea has 10 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 5,000 cases of wine per year.Choukroun-Chicheportiche, Jonathan
"Amalthea Cellars"
on ''Vert de Vin'' (blog) (27 August 2013). Retrieved 5 December 2013. The winery is named after Amalthea, a moon of

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, reflecting the owner's scientific background and love of mythology.Goldberg, Howard G
"Peel Me a Grape"
in ''The New York Times'' (2 July 1995). Retrieved 11 November 2013.

Wines

Amalthea Cellars is in the

Outer Coastal Plain AVA Outer Coastal Plain is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in southernmost New Jersey. It was established on February 9, 2007 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by ...

, and produces wine from

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux (wine), Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire (wine), Loire's C ...

Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebano ...

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Chardonnay Chardonnay (, ; ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new a ...

Dolcetto Dolcetto ( , , ) is a black Italian wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The Italian word ''dolcetto'' means "little sweet one", but it is not certain that the name originally carried any reference to th ...

Merlot Merlot ( ) is a dark-blue-colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of , the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color ...

Pinot gris Pinot gris, pinot grigio (, ), or ''Grauburgunder'' is a white wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. Thought to be a mutant clone of the pinot noir variety, it normally has a pinkish-gray hue, accounting for its name, but th ...

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Traminette Traminette is a cross of the France, French-United States, American hybrid grapes, hybrid Joannes Seyve 23.416 and the Germany, German ''Vitis vinifera'' cultivar Gewürztraminer made by Herb C. Barrett ca. 1965 at the University of Illinois Urba ...

Villard blanc Villard grapes are French wine hybrid grape created by French horticulturist Bertille Seyve and his father-in-law Victor Villard (father and grandfather, respectively, of grape breeder Joannes Seyve). They include the dark-skinned Villard noir an ...

, and

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grapes. Amalthea also makes

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s from

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and

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es.Jackson, Bart. ''Garden State Wineries Guide.'' (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011).
.Amalthea Cellars

(commercial website). Retrieved 21 October 2013. It is the only winery in New Jersey that produces wine from Rayon d'Or, which is a white

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developed in France in the early twentieth century. Amalthea was a participant at the

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, a

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organized by the

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that compared New Jersey wines to premium French vintages. Amalthea Cellars - Green Dragon Tavern

Advocacy, licensing, and associations

The winery advocates traditional winemaking techniques, and uses

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, and

oak barrels Oak is used in winemaking to vary the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of wine. It can be introduced in the form of a barrel during the fermentation or aging periods, or as free-floating chips or staves added to wine fermented in a vess ...

to produce its wine.Westrich, Sal. ''New Jersey Wine: A Remarkable History.'' (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012).
. Amalthea has a plenary winery license from the

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, which allows it to produce an unrestricted amount of wine, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state. Amalthea is a member of the

Garden State Wine Growers Association The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA) is an industry trade association established as an advocate for New Jersey's wine grape growers, providing leadership on research and education programs, public policies, sustainable farming practic ...

and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association
"Outer Coastal Plain Wineries."
Retrieved 22 March 2013.

References

External links

Garden State Wine Growers Association

Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association

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Wines

Advocacy, licensing, and associations

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