Wineries and New Jersey create a perfect pairing

The go-to guy for education, knowledge, promotion, marketing and anything grape since 1984, Gary Pavlis has been instrumental in the expansion of the state’s wine industry. He sees about six people per month at his South Jersey office interested in opening a winery in the state. “A lot of these people when they hear the basics, they decide they really don’t want to do this,” said Pavlis, a Rutgers University professor and Atlantic County agricultural agent. “Some of them don’t realize this is farming and they have to get dirty and buy a tractor. Maybe one out of three go through with it.”