Villa Milagro Vineyards

Steve & Audrey live at the vineyard/winery and are there to meet and greet you when you arrive. Steve manages business, facilities, dog training, tractor jockying and all of the other millions of things that small business owners do! Our winemaker has amazing taste buds! A "foodie" she makes wines that pair with foods - wines with interesting layers of flavor.

Audrey's family teases her that you simply cannot take the farm out of the girl - much as she tried. She grew up in Delhi, California surrounded by peaches, almonds and grapes - both for raisins and wine. Her family owned a small farm. From her earliest memories she wanted to "get the hell out of Delhi."

An open canopy allows air circulation and the sun's warmth to ripen delicious grapes to make outstanding New Jersey Wines. Because we don't use herbicides, the vineyard floor is an ever changing sea of color as different ground covers cycle though. Cabernet Franc takes a good 3-4 years before it produces premium grapes from which to make exceptional New Jersey wines.

We began making wine in our barn. It was attached to our house and offices so our winemaker, Audrey liked her short commute!. In 2013 we completed construction of a walk-in refrigeration unit that we now use as our wine making facility. It is temperature controlled which protects our wines. And, important to our winemaker, it is clean - something that was difficult to maintain when tractors and other equipment were rolling in and out of the barn.

Thanks, you guys did a great job on Saturday. We felt like we went to a friend's house for a dinner party, we met lots of nice people, danced, and of course had great wine and food. We'll be watching for more. Wayne and I thank you so much for your wine "tasting" class. We have been having so much fun swirling and smelling- it has so enhanced an experience we already enjoy.