New Jersey Wine

The American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) conducted a wine tasting last month and, in case you missed the results, they may make you want to rethink your views of wines from the Garden State.

Back in 1976, a British wine merchant organized a blind wine tasting with 9 French judges called, Judgment of Paris. The tasting included wines from Bordeaux and wines from Napa. The wines from Napa were declared the winners and helped put Napa wines on the map.

Fast forward to June 8, 2012. A group spearheaded by George Taber (who had been in Paris for the original tasting and wrote a book on it) as well as a number of economists from the AAWE and others, organized a tasting called The Judgment of Princeton.  The 9 judges this time were from France, Belgium and the US. The wines tasted were from France and, you guessed it, New Jersey.

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