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Published on: 7/13/2008
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More than 25 wineries are participating throughout the state, as Garden State Wine Brewers makes it their mission to encourage cultivation and more open space preservation, said Scott Donnini, an owner of the vineyard.
Donnini, a corporate lawyer for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange who lives with his wife Julianne on the 16-acre vineyard grounds moved to the area in February of 2004 from Philadelphia to begin a new business venture with their four partners.
Julianne, a retired lawyer, traded in her brief case for a tractor joked her husband, which he hopes to do upon his planned retirement in the short months ahead.
"We bought this as a very expensive anniversary present for each other in 2003," said Donnini."We first planned to live in Philadelphia, but that didn't work because when a crisis breaks you need to be here."
A crisis doesn't break often, but it does occur, explained Donnini who broke loose with a story about a bull and two cows running rampant in the dark of night breaking vines.
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An admittedly huge fan of Bruce Springsteen, Donnini said some things just blend in with a lifestyle such as a good wine.
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"Galileo said good wine is sunlight caught in a bottle," said Donnini.
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