Working Dog Winery

Working Dog Winery
Location610 Windsor-Perrineville Road, Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA Robbinsville, NJ
Coordinates40.232429 N, 74.539829 W
FormerlySilver Decoy Winery
First vines planted2001
First vintage2004
Opened to the public2003
Key peopleTodd Abrahams, Brian Carduner,
Mark Carduner, Russell Forman,
Jerry Watlington (owners)[1]
Acres cultivated17
Cases/yr4,000
Other attractionsPet friendly
DistributionOn-site, wine festivals, NJ restaurants
TastingTastings Friday to Sunday
Websitehttp://www.workingdogwinerynj.com/

Working Dog Winery is a winery located on the border of Robbinsville Township and East Windsor in Mercer County, New Jersey.[2][3] The vineyard was first planted in 2001 and opened to the public in 2003.[4][5] The winery was originally known as "Silver Decoy Winery," but the name was changed in 2013.[6][7] Working Dog has 17 acres of grapes under cultivation and produces 4,000 cases of wine per year.[2][8]

  1. ^ Working Dog Winery. "Once upon a time . . ." (commercial website). Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Clerkin, Bridget. "Grapes of math: New Jersey's wine industry sees growth, increase of vineyards statewide" in The Times of Trenton (13 October 2013). Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ Corcoran, David. "So Crisp, So Complex, So Unexpected" in The New York Times (17 July 2005). Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. ^ Kohlhepp, Jennifer. "New Jersey and wine lovers, perfect together: Local vineyard recognized as state's Winery of the Year" in The Examiner (25 August 2007). Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ^ Coryell, Lisa. "The Grapes of Mercer County" in The Times of Trenton (reprinted article) (25 August 2003). Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  6. ^ Peskoe, Ashley. "State's largest wine festival showcases Jersey wineries" in The Star-Ledger (1 September 2013). Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Taittinger Toasts the SAG Awards. Plus, the duck-label war returns to Long Island and rears its beak in New Jersey" in Wine Spectator (31 January 2013). Retrieved 14 November 2013. Duckhorn Winery in Napa Valley, California has a wine label called "Decoy."
  8. ^ Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). ISBN 9781934259573.