Balic Winery

I thought I left a review but apparently I wanted to keep this one to myself. This winery has been a favorite and must stop enroute to AC for over 10 years now. It is no wonder they have been in business over 50 years!
When I was younger the fruity pomegranate and blueberry wines were my must haves. Now I go for the nutty Almanaque. **Push a green bean Almondine over the edge of awesomeness with a splash of this. The cream sherry is another perfect cooking wine! A very famous bam shelf uses this one!
I crack up reading the reviews here, it’s about the wine not whether the owner kissed your whiny want something for nothing @rse. But to each his or her own and for the record I’ve always received warm and gracious hospitality when I visit.

Your wine gave me the flaming shits. I bought the huckleberry because they said it was their best seller but the only thing it did was give me berry heavy diarrhea!

Very poor customer service! The workers are RUDE. The lady started cleaning up our glasses before we were done tasting. I guess she had decided that we were done. The man at the register pretended not to see us at the front of the line to purchase and started to wait on the couple behind us. Then when we complained, his response was that «the complaint department is closed». We put the wines back and did not buy. I will never go back there. Too bad, because the mango wine was my favorite.

The worse service I have ever received at a winery. On our return trip from Atlantic City, we decided to stop there. I wish we would have saved the gas. The lady that served us was completely rude. We asked about the tasting and she just handed us a wine list and looked at us. We tried to get her to explain the tasting. Her response was that they don’t do free tastings and you can only taste if you buy. We explained we never had the wine to even know if we would purchase any. She just looked at us. My husband said we don’t really like fruit wines. She responded by telling us that grapes were fruit. We left the business without doing a tasting or purchasing anything.

Very strange odor inside the tasting room. They give free tastings, but really hustle you out. I felt like i was irritating the pourer by asking to taste more than one. Wine prices are on par with other wineries in the area. A lot of fruit wines, not many dry wines. I wouldnt come back.

One of my favorite wineries. What a wine tasting should really be like. I was scared to go in after reading the reviews of how mean the owner was, but i am so glad i went anyway. The owner was a young/​middle-​aged slavic man who was very no non-​sense, but very knowledgeable about all of his wines. He also said he recently bought the winery from his uncle (could his uncle have been the nasty old man?) He warmed up by the end of our visit and was joking and laughing along with us. There were many wines to choose from, and an especially large amount of fruit wines. I strongly recommend the raspberry wine with a plate of warm fresh-​baked brownies. The cream red and cream white are also AMAZING! smooth and sweet and precisely how i like my wine. My only problem was that the wine seemed to be stored all upright, which is a major no-​no! Obviously it wasn’t that much of a problem though because i «accidentally» bought a case of wine ;)

The reason why this review is a three stars was because the service wasn’t too friendly and the cleanness was questionable… the wine were great!!!
I brought the blueberry and Pomegranate, it was the best. The place had dead flies on the counter, next to open crackers that customers probably consumed. It looked like the fly died from over eating. The server was friendly but not too friendly. he was older and could have not been feeling well… over all he gets a pass cause I am understanding of the elderly. The overall tasting lasted 15 mins and I brought my wine in five…

Really a disgrace to wineries not only due to the sub par quality, but because of the over blown prices (you should never see a $ 16 tag on any NJ vino) but then again they do ship ingredients from other regions here.
Unfortunately this is a region that doesn’t have the climate or soil to support promising grape vines and this place is a clear example of the ca ca posing vineyards in our fine state they we have no choice, but to except. You could take that trip to Virginia or west coast or better yet pile in the car/​mini van and head to the finger lakes for ice wine.
It’s true that any wine tasting event given ample amount BOOM will be a good time, hell I’m a living testament to quantity but compare to western regions NJ just doesn’t compete and I’m really sorry to say this, but it’s the truth. I’ve sampled almost all NJ vineyards and found Balic to be the least satisfying of the unfortunate group.
Does this mean all hope is gone for NJ wine, no perhaps expectations may need to coincide with reality or pray to the gods of vino to help deliver a grape or grape combo that works here.

An okay winery. Not part of the growers association and grapes arent locally grown.
Alexander the Great wine was good, slightly overpriced. I suggest other NJ wineries for a true experience, however if you want a quick bottle & a pit stop off Rt.40 this may be the place for you.

Good wines, good selection, good customer service!

A nice winery near the Jersey shore. A large selection of wines both reds and whites sweet and dry, however, not all were available for tasting. Staff was a little aloof and the wines were a little pricey. But a nice experience none the less. I would make the trip again when I’m in the area.