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Winemaking Consultant Grape Finale's Owner, Lisa van den Woldenberg, is a premier winemaking consultant serving clients throughout the USA. Ms.

Her expertise includes still & dessert wine production, including 12 years as the Owner & Chief Winemaking Officer at Grape Finale Hands-On Winery in Flemington, NJ where red, white & rosé wines made with premium grapes from California, Washington, Oregon, New Jersey, South Africa & Chile won 248 medals & 7 titles. Grape Finale was also named the Best Winery/Tasting Room in Hunterdon County, NJ 3

years in a row (2020, 2021, 2022) & Lisa was named Hunterdon County Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019. van den Woldenberg is a regional speaker, "Wine Sense Wednesday" author & a talented, resourceful winemaker.

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21/05/2025

Working the Willamette Valley Wine Seminar as a Festival Volunteer

21/05/2025

Working the Paul Sutton Bourbon seminar as a Festival Volunteer

10/05/2025

Last night's wine tasting theme was "Pinot Grigio" and we had a fine selection of dry and semi-dry white, rosé and sparkling rosé Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris wines from France, Italy, Oregon, and New Zealand. The group's favorite was Te Pas Wines' Pinot Gris. Jürgen was our winner, guessing 4 out of 6 of the blinded wines, a nice come back from his tie breaker dance off defeat to Bonnie in March. A big shout out to the chefs. The food pairings were exceptional! It's always a fun time with this group. I'm looking forward to creating another excellent tasting for them this Fall.

26/03/2025

Amazing wine pairing dinner at The Wine Bar in Miramar Beach. Wow! We were lucky to have two people cancel so we could get the last two seats. The food was amazing. The wine was fantastic! I can't recommend strongly enough the 2022 Stone Cote Chardonnay, the 2022 Lands End Pinot Noir and the Old Vine Zinfandel - which you will have to check back on. The Old Vine Zin vintage they advertised was unavailable, so another, better Zin was substituted. The picture I took of the bottle is blurry, so as soon as I get the better picture I will post it. Wow! Best Zin I've tasted. Have you ever had such a pure blackberry flavor in a Zin? This winery is by appointment only. A must visit when in Sonoma.

18/03/2025

Tonight's wine tasting theme was "Other Reds". Have you tasted wines made from 100% Tannat, Carignan, Aglianico, Petit Verdot, Nerello Mascalese, Mencia, or Monastrell grapes? It was my pleasure to introduce the members of the JDI Wine Group to these varietals made by producers in Uruguay, Chile, Italy, and Spain. The crowd favorite was Bodega Garzon's Reserve Tannat. Bonnie was the night's winner, guessing 4 out of 6 of the blinded wines. Since it was St. Patrick's Day weekend everyone wore something green, and the meat and non-meat appetizers were not only delicious, they created a menu that offered choices for both Lent and non-Lent practitioners. It's always a fun time with this group. I'm looking forward to creating another excellent tasting for them in May.

18/02/2025

We practice for this day all year!🍷

12/01/2025

Tempranillo was the theme, so I was pouring Riojas and my own tempranillo blend - Praetorian Reserve. This was one of the JDI wine group's favorite tastings. The Spanish tapas the group made paired beautifully with the wines. Congratulations to Peggy, Jim's 92 year old mom, who was visiting and showed the group how it's done, guessing 4 out of 6 wines correctly!

31/12/2024

For nearly 500 years, visitors to this romantic Renaissance city have sipped Tuscan wines from buchette di vino, tiny openings in the walls of palazzos.

27/04/2024

Pouring for a Paul Sutton bourbon seminar! Bottled In Bond and Heritage Collection.

27/04/2024

Pouring for a Banfi wine seminar! Sparkling Róse, Pinot Grigio, Super Tuscan, and Brunello.

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Nestled in an unassuming, gray building less than a mile from Diamond Nation and Health Quest, at 8 Bartles Corner Road in Flemington, NJ, Grape Finale provides a unique opportunity for customers to dip their hands into the magic of the winemaking experience. Winemaking is fun, delicious and affordable, and is a great social activity. Also, wine made at Grape Finale contains fewer preservatives. Since opening the doors to its astounding 6,250 sq. ft. facility in April 2011, Grape Finale has grown into a decorated winery, boasting one hundred and twenty-nine medals and 7 Titles, including Best of Show, Best of Show Red, Best Red Wine and Best White Wine, awarded by the American Wine Society at New Jersey State Fair / American Wine Society Wine Competitions. Without vineyards to focus on, this crush pad facility provides all the cutting edge equipment and personalized instruction necessary for both experienced and new winemakers of all ages to successfully create their own premium vintages and participate in a hobby that keeps them returning again and again.

After stepping through the cheerful, yellow lobby customers begin their personalized winemaking journey with the award winning Grape Finale staff and owner Lisa van den Woldenberg. For Lisa, who has been making wine for over 15 years, Grape Finale is a dream come true.

Lisa graduated from the University of California at Davis, the leading enology and viticulture school in the world, with a B.S. in Biochemistry and worked on her Masters in Business Administration at California State University at Sacramento. She received her Wine Foundation Certificate and Intermediate Vinology Certificate from the Wine School of Philadelphia.

Prior to the beginning of both the spring and fall wine-making seasons free open houses are held where clients can taste wine, tour the winery, talk with winemakers and sign-up for wine-making sessions. The wine is sold in quarter barrel increments, which is equivalent to about 60 bottles of wine. Most of the wine made at Grape Finale costs between $12 -$16 per bottle. Customers are able to choose from over 25 varietals of premium red and white grapes to make traditional blends or, upon request, create their own blends. Which grapes are available will vary by season, in the spring season grapes are imported from Chile and South Africa and in the fall season grapes are imported from California, Washington, and Oregon. Customers also select what type of barrel to store their wine in for aging, American Oak, Hungarian Oak or French Oak, between regular aging or making reserve wine, and between hand bottling their wine in regular, split or magnum sized bottles. At the end of the process patrons hand label their bottles with waterproof and humidity resistant, custom labels. Clients can personalize any of the over 120 off the shelf label designs Grape Finale offers or work with one of the facility’s graphic artists to create a unique one of a kind label using personal pictures of children, pets, vacations, or family portraits. Custom labeled wines make great holiday gifts, wedding favors and can be used to commemorate achievements and special occasions.

The spacious, burgundy warehouse work floor and entertaining mezzanine space upstairs allow room for large parties of friends and family to join together for this amazing experience. Customers are encouraged to make themselves at home and can even request what type of music is played during their stay. The sessions are separated into four social events, crush, press, rack and, bottling and labeling, and last about an hour each. At the first session, clients taste their grapes and, after the crush, which is not done in I Love Lucy style but with modern technology, the grape juice. While the wine rests in the barrel it is carefully watched over and monitored on a daily basis. Customers may request a progress report or a barrel tasting at any time they wish. At the end of the 10 month season customers walk out of Grape Finale with their personally labeled, premium wine, laughing, proud and sometimes even crying.

The facility is also available as a unique location for holiday parties, special events, offsite meetings and fundraising events. Several options are available to work with any customer’s objective and budget so the event becomes exactly what the client wants and more. In the past events have been held by Johnson & Johnson, The Clinton Township Foundation for Educational Excellence, Acorn Montessori School in Lebanon, the Business Women’s Charitable Foundation, the Hunterdon Tricentennial Committee, and CUT artisan. hair. design. Additionally, Grape Finale offers various programs throughout the year, including our Grand Samplings Events, featuring culinary creations by local Fishmonger Mark Drabich of Metropolitan Seafood. For customers looking for a non-alcoholic gift or something different, Grape Finale offers high quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar for sale in the lobby, either with Grape Finale labels or with custom labels.

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