Peppadew Fresh Vineyards

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Peppadew Fresh Vineyards
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Location97 Harbor Road, Morganville, NJ, USA
Coordinates 40.366019 N, 74.260992 W
First vines planted2011
Opened to the public2012
Farm winery license deprecated as of 2018 [1]
Key peoplePierre Crawley (owner) [2]
Acres cultivated4
Cases/yr900 (estimated, 2016)
Other productsAzaleas, flowering quinces, hydrangeas, peppadews, pussywillows

Peppadew Fresh Vineyards was a winery in the Morganville section of Marlboro in Monmouth County, New Jersey. [2] [3] Formerly a flower farm, grapes were first planted in 2011, and the winery opened to the public in 2012. [4] As of 2018, Peppadew's farm winery license issued by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey no longer appeared on the state's list of licensees. [1]

Wines and other products

Peppadews, the fruit for which the winery was named, were first planted in 2008. [4] In 2012, Peppadew Fresh received a $260,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to expand production and distribution. [5] [6]

It was the only farm in the United States that cultivated peppadews, a pepper cultivar discovered in South Africa in 1996. [4] [7] Peppadew Fresh was not located in one of New Jersey's three viticultural areas. [8] [ page needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alcoholic Beverage Control Licensing Bureau. "Farm Winery (22) Issued license check - 2014-2018". Alcoholic Beverage Control Online - The Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. The State of New Jersey. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Groh, John. "Peppadew to be the focus of new vineyard and winery" Archived 2013-07-03 at archive.today in The Produce News (1 September 2011). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. Silvestri, Pamela. "Former Staten Islander serves up a peppadew...for you!" in The Staten Island Advance (21 February 2013). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Murtha, Jack. "Marlboro farm has life popping with peppers" Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today in The Tri-Town News (31 July 2013). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. Anness, Kaitlyn. "Peppadew Fresh Farms Receives Largest Agricultural Grant Ever" in Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch (17 April 2012). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. "Grant gives Peppadew room to grow" in The Produce News (18 April 2012). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  7. Kilian, Cynthia. "One Hot Pepper - Recently Discovered Peppadews Take Off" in The New York Post (archived website) (22 March 2006). Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  8. Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). ISBN   9781934259573. Geographic descriptions of the Central Delaware Valley, Outer Coastal Plain, and Warren Hills AVAs exclude Peppadew Fresh Vineyards.

Coordinates: 40°21′58″N74°15′40″W / 40.366019°N 74.260992°W / 40.366019; -74.260992