List of wineries, breweries, and distilleries in New Jersey


This is a list of wineries, breweries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries in the state of New Jersey in the United States., there are 51 wineries, 114 breweries, 18 brewpubs, 26 distilleries, 3 cideries and 1 meadery that are licensed and in operation within the state. The following lists do not include producers which are no longer in business, or those that are in the process of being established.

History

Alcoholic beverages have been produced in New Jersey since the colonial era. The first brewery in New Jersey was established in a fledgling Dutch settlement in what is now Hoboken when the state was part the Dutch New Netherlands colony. It was short-lived and destroyed by a band of Lenape in 1643 during Governor Kieft's War. The production of beer in New Jersey ranges from large international conglomerates like Anheuser-Busch to microbreweries producing smaller quantities using artisanal methods. The industrial northeastern corner of the state has historically been a major beer-production region, and the majority of New Jersey's breweries and brewpubs are in that region. Laird & Company, founded around 1780 in the village of Scobeyville in Colts Neck, is the oldest licensed distillery in the United States, having received license No. 1 from the Department of the Treasury.
Wine grapes were planted by the early settlers of New Jersey, and some of the current wineries were established in locations where wine grapes were already present. In 1767, the Royal Society of Arts in London praised two wines made on New Jersey plantations for making fine quality products derived from colonial agriculture. The oldest, continuously-operated winery in the state, Renault Winery, was established in 1864.
The production of wine in New Jersey largely consists of small farm wineries. Because of its sandy soil and warmer climate, the majority of the state's wineries are located in South Jersey's Outer Coastal Plain Viticultural Area. A handful of wineries are in western New Jersey's Warren Hills Viticultural Area. Part of the Central Delaware Valley Viticultural Area is in New Jersey, but no New Jersey wineries are currently in this viticultural area.
New Jersey wineries produce wine from more than 90 varieties of grapes, and from over 25 other fruits.
Until the 1980s, prohibition-era laws severely restricted the number of wineries, breweries, and distilleries in the state. In 1981, the New Jersey Farm Winery Act exempted low-volume family-owned wineries from the restrictions, and allowed wineries to create outlet stores. Likewise, New Jersey created a limited brewery license for microbreweries and a restricted brewery license for brewpubs. In 1995, the Ship Inn in Milford became the first brewpub in New Jersey since Prohibition. In 2012, New Jersey liberalized its licensing laws to allow microbreweries to sell beer by the glass as part of a tour, and sell up to 15.5 gallons for off-premises consumption. The same legislation permits brewpubs to brew up to 10,000 barrels of beer per year, and sell to wholesalers and at festivals. In 2013, New Jersey issued the first new distillery license since Prohibition to Jersey Artisan Distilling, and passed a law creating a craft distillery license. In 2017, New Jersey passed a law creating a cidery and meadery license.

List of producers

The following is a list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries in New Jersey, including the town and county where the establishment is located, the year when the business first sold to the public wine, beer, or liquor that it produces, the type of ABC license that the business has, and the number of cases or barrels produced annually. For wineries, the table also lists the AVA that the winery is located in, the year grapes were first planted for commercial use, and the number of acres planted with grapes. The town listed is based on the establishment's physical address, which may differ from its mailing address.
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Wineries

American Viticultural Areas :
Licenses:
NameTownCountyYear plantedYear openedAVALicenseAcresCases
Alba VineyardFinesvilleWarren19801982WHPlenary4211,000
Amalthea CellarsAtcoCamden19761981OCPPlenary105,000
Auburn Road VineyardsPilesgroveSalem20042007OCPPlenary194,200
Autumn Lake WineryWilliamstownGloucester20122014OCPPlenary104,000
Balic WineryMays LandingAtlanticEarly 1800s1966OCPPlenary57
Bellview WineryLandisvilleAtlantic20002001OCPPlenary408,000
Beneduce VineyardsPittstownHunterdon20092012-Plenary103,000
Brook Hollow WineryColumbiaWarren20022007WHFarm81,050
Cape May Winery & Vineyard[North Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May, New Jersey|North Cape May]Cape May19921995CMPPlenary2511,000
Cedarvale WineryLoganGloucester20042008-Farm82,500
Chestnut Run FarmPilesgroveSalem19862007OCPFarm5700
Coda Rossa WineryFranklinvilleGloucester20022010OCPPlenary101,500
Cream Ridge WineryCream RidgeMonmouth19871988-Plenary145,000
DeMastro VineyardsVincentownBurlingtonOCPFarm317,000
DiBella WineryWoolwichGloucester20022010OCPFarm4250
DiMatteo VineyardsHammontonAtlantic20002002OCPFarm141,500
Four JG's Orchards & VineyardsColts NeckMonmouth19992004-Farm402,500
Four Sisters WineryWhite TownshipWarren19811984WHPlenary85,000
Hawk Haven Vineyard & WineryRio GrandeCape May19972009CMPPlenary94,200
Hopewell Valley VineyardsHopewellMercer20012003-Plenary256,000
Jessie Creek WineryDias CreekCape May20022012CMPPlenary51,200
Laurita WineryNew EgyptOcean19982008OCPPlenary4414,000
Monroeville Vineyard & WineryMonroevilleSalem20102012OCPPlenary41,800
Mount Salem VineyardsPittstownHunterdon20052010-Farm71,000
Natali VineyardsGoshenCape May20012007CMPPlenary71,800
Old York CellarsRingoesHunterdon19782010-Plenary123,600
Plagido's WineryHammontonAtlantic19992007OCPFarm144,200
Renault WineryEgg Harbor CityAtlantic18641870OCPPlenary4820,000
Sharrott WineryBlue AnchorCamden20052008OCPPlenary67,000
Sylvin Farms WineryGermaniaAtlantic19771985OCPFarm111,000
Terhune OrchardsLawrenceMercer20032010-Plenary51,100
Tomasello WineryHammontonAtlantic18881933OCPPlenary7065,000
Turdo Vineyards & WineryNorth Cape MayCape May19992004CMPFarm51,100
Unionville VineyardsRingoesHunterdon19881993-Plenary548,500
Vacchiano FarmWashingtonWarren20042009WHPlenary112,500
Valenzano WineryShamongBurlington19911996OCPPlenary4440,000
Ventimiglia VineyardWantageSussex20022008-Farm51,000
Villa Milagro VineyardsFinesvilleWarren20032007WHPlenary111,500
Wagonhouse WinerySouth HarrisonGloucester20042005OCPPlenary107,000
William Heritage WineryMullica HillGloucester19982002OCPPlenary4013,000
Willow Creek WineryWest Cape MayCape May20052012CMPFarm406,000
Working Dog WineryEast WindsorMercer20012003-Plenary163,500

Breweries

Licenses:
NameTownCountyYear openedLicenseBarrels
Anheuser-BuschNewarkEssex1951Plenary10,000,000
Artisan's BreweryToms RiverOcean1997Restricted300
BirravinoRed BankMonmouth1996Restricted650
Carton BrewingAtlantic HighlandsMonmouth2011Limited4,000
Climax BrewingRoselle ParkUnion1994Limited1,000
Cricket Hill BreweryFairfieldEssex2000Limited3,000
Egan & SonsMontclairEssex2005Restricted150
Flounder BrewingHillsboroughSomerset2013Limited50
Flying Fish BrewingSomerdaleCamden1996Limited30,000
Gaslight BrewerySouth OrangeEssex1998Restricted650
Ghost Hawk Brewing CompanyCliftonPassaic2019Limited1,200
Harvest Moon BreweryNew BrunswickMiddlesex1996Restricted850
Iron Hill BreweryVoorheesCamden2013Restricted1,250
Kane BrewingOcean TownshipMonmouth2011Restricted10,000
Krogh's BrewpubSpartaSussex1999Restricted400
Long Valley BreweryLong ValleyMorris1995Restricted735
River Horse BreweryEwing TownshipMercer1996Limited13,000
Ship InnMilfordHunterdon1995Restricted365
Triumph BrewingPrincetonMercer1995Restricted2,450
Tun Tavern BreweryAtlantic CityAtlantic1998Restricted700
Belford BrewingBelfordMonmouth2014Limited500

Distilleries

Licenses:
NameTownCountyYear openedLicenseBarrels
3BR Distillery, LLCKeyportMonmouth2021Craft
All Points WestNewarkEssex2017Craft
Asbury Park Distilling CoAsbury ParkMonmouth2017Craft
Bellemara DistilleryHillsboroughSomerset2021Craft
Blue RascalHammontonAtlantic2021Craft
Claremont DistilleryFairfieldEssex2014Craft
Colts Neck StillhouseColts NeckMonmouth2019Craft
Garden State DistilleryToms RiverOcean2019Craft
Heathermeade DistilleryKenilworthUnion2014Craft
Jersey Artisan DistillingFairfieldEssex2013Craft800
Jersey Spirits Distilling Co.FairfieldEssex2016Craft500
Laird & CompanyScobeyvilleMonmouth1780Rectifier
Lazy Eye DistilleryRichlandAtlantic2016Craft
Little Water DistilleryAtlantic CityAtlantic2016Craft
Long Branch DistilleryLong BranchMonmouth2017Craft
Milk Street DistilleryBranchvilleSussex2017Craft
Mission SpiritsMillvilleCumberland2021Craft
Nauti SpiritsCape MayCape May2017Craft
Pine Tavern DistilleryMonroevilleGloucester2016Craft
Penelope BourbonRoselleUnion2018Rectifier
Railroad DistilleryBelfordMonmouth
Recklesstown Farm DistilleryColumbusBurlington2017Craft
Silk City DistillersCliftonPassaic2014Craft
Skunktown DistilleryFlemingtonHunterdon2016Craft
Sourland Mountain SpiritsHopewell TownshipMercer2015Craft
Train Wreck DistilleryMount HollyBurlingtonCraft