Raritan Valley Country Club

The Raritan Valley Country Club (RVCC) was first organized in 1911. It was the former “estate” of the late Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. The official opening was in September 1912 after H H Barker (an architect from England) designed what is known as an old fashion English golf club. The club has been through many tough times (the great depression, caddy strikes, a number of emergency plane landings on the 2nd, 3rd, and 8th fairways, even two members being struck by lighting in the 1930′s.

RVCC boasts such amenities as an incredible 18-hole golf course with over 6800 yards, swimming pool, tennis courts, gazebo, an expanded clubhouse, living room style lounge, conference/private dining room, and of course a WINE CELLAR.

…Enter Joseph & Curtis…

We were contacted by RVCC after we had rebuilt the wine cellar for the Hackensack Country Club. RVCC had a very plain and poorly constructed wine cellar which we decided to rip out and start from scratch. We built the wine racks out of  mahogany stained to match the millwork in the existing areas. We added 2 custom display racks on the front windows as well as a custom grill cover to hide the split cooling system. We redesigned the wine rack layout which led to an extra 450 bottles of storage.

The wine cellar project was a huge success which has led to higher wine sales but, most importantly,  happy members!

It is interesting to note that the founding fathers, as specified in the incorporation papers in 1911, wanted to form a family club for all the people in the community. We are happy to say the club certainly achieves that goal!