Public enjoys Rotary’s 2nd Annual Hammonton Wine Festival
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—On May 3
and 4, the Second annual Hammonton Wine festival, sponsored
by the Hammonton rotary Club
took place at the Mt. Carmel Society Carnival Grounds on tilton
Street. the weekend-long event
featured nine South Jersey wineries, gourmet cheeses, live music,
DJ, vendors, while food and drink
was provided at the Mt. Carmel Society stand.
the event was an excellent opportunity for the public to sample
wine from the different wineries in
the region, as each one has its specialty.
“it is great to taste a bunch of dif-
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ferent wineries, instead of when
you go to a wine tasting event it is
just that one winery. this is awesome. they all have their own specialty and it is very cool,” Ventnor
resident erin Kerstetter said.
amanda Beu of Vineland enjoys
wine festivals such as the one held
in Hammonton at the Mt. Carmel
Society Carmel Grounds on May 3
and 4. Beu enjoys tasting all the different types of wines as well.
“i like tasting all the wines. i
usually just have the one that i like
and i keep drinking that one, but i
don’t know which ones i will enjoy
unless i try it. it is nice to see all of
the vendors. i love to drink wine,”
Beu said.
Kevin Dickinson is from the Villas, Cape May area. Dickinson
goes to various wine festivals in
the area to sample numerous varieties of wine.
“it just gives you an opportunity
to see what is out there. i am not really a wine enthusiast, but it is a
nice way to kick off the spring,”
Dickinson said.
rotary members, including
Micky Doto were heavily involved
in aiding in the efforts for the Second annual Hammonton Wine
festival event. Doto said many
members of the community came
out to support.
“We had a lot of families come
too. We had more families and
children than we had last year,
which is a positive. We have a lot
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