The 22.53 acres comprising the Four Sisters Winery at Matarazzo Farms is nestled in a beautiful valley amidst the rolling fields and picturesque hills of Warren County, New Jersey. It is part of an agricultural tradition carried on by "Matty" Matarazzo on a portion of his 230 acre farm. Since 1981, Matty has been growing grapes and producing award winning wines with ever increasing success, a reflection of his commitment to the land and its fruitfulness. He is the third generation farmer of a family who started farming in 1921.
Since its 1984 opening, Four Sisters Winery continues to offer the public a variety of quality wines in a warm country setting. Educational tours and comprehensive wine tastings offer visitors a greater understanding of the processes involved in growing grapes and making wine. Four Sisters Winery has won over 100 regional, national, and international awards for red, white, rose, and fruit wines.
The winery also plays host too many events including corporate picnics, weddings and every form of family gathering imaginable. In addition to private events, the winery offers dozens of opportunities throughout the year to enjoy Grape Stomping Parties, Murder Mystery Dinners, and a number of other innovative events designed to bring new customers to the winery. A traditional Mother's Day Buffet and Father's Day Pig Roast are annual events at the winery. A Family Fun Weekend is held every August and Fall Harvest Weekends are celebrated throughout October with pick your own pumpkins and apples and a challenging corn maze. The Pumpkins and apples are offered on property adjacent to the winery.
Aunt Sadie's Bakery and Café is open on weekends in September and October and offers weekend lunch specials in a comfortable atmosphere on the deck, at a picnic table on the grassy fields or under a tent over-looking the vineyards.
Four Sisters Winery at Matarazzo Farms operates under a Plenary "21" Winery license. This type of license entitles the holder to produce fermented wines and to blend, fortify and treat wines and to sell and distribute the product to wholesalers and retailers. To qualify for this license, a person or entity must engage in growing and cultivating grapes or fruit used in the production of the wine on at least three acres on or adjacent to the winery premises. This license entitles the holder to maintain a warehouse, to sell his products at retail to consumers on the licensed premises of the winery for consumption on or off the premises and to offer samples for sampling purposes only. The holder of this license also has the right to sell such wine at retail in original packages in six salesrooms apart from the winery premises for consumption on or off the premises and for sampling purposes for consumption on the premises. Additionally, subject to rules and regulations, one salesroom per county may be jointly controlled and operated by at least two plenary or farm winery licensees for the sale of the products of any plenary or farm winery licensee for consumption on or off the premises and for consumption on the licensed premises for sampling purposes. This license allows the holder a total of 23 outlets and to act as its own distributor within the State of New Jersey. Currently, the winery utilizes 3 of its own outlets in Chester, Morristown and Phillipsburg and 1 joint outlet in Cherry Hill, NJ and distributes to approximately 20 liquor stores on a monthly basis.
Four Sisters Winery has been one of the premire wineries in the East offering the most diversified marketing opportunities of any winery in the US.
