Villa Milagro means place or home of miracles. Each day as we arise to overlook panoramic views of four counties in two states, we marvel at the beauty and sanctity of this small piece of God's earth. We are privileged to be its caretakers for this brief moment in time. We invite you to come, drink in the scenery, submerge yourselves in nature and enjoy one of man's oldest pleasures, wine!
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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.
Reviews (10)
Eric Parente
Oct 30, 2021
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We took the wine train on 9/5/21 and highly do not recommend. The train ride was nice and scenic but the vineyard was a disaster. It was very rushed and not well organized. I purchased 8 bottles before leaving 3 Steam Engine Reds, 2 Incendio and 3 Delicado. 4 of my 8 bottles of wine were BAD! Steve met us by the cornfields (part of the train ride) to replace one of my bad bottles (Incendio) that we had opened that were bad and guess what .... THAT NEW BOTTLE HE GAVE ME WAS BAD TOO! Wine shouldn't smell like a mix of rotten eggs and vinegar. I spoke with Audrey about the bad bottles and was told
Michael Anderson
Oct 30, 2021
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I would not recommend this winery to anyone. We went to your winery last month and had a decent time with the tasting even though you feel rushed, need to get on a nasty yellow school bus to get there from the train and have to use a porta potty if you need to use a restroom. We enjoyed your wine so we bought 8 bottles of wine but 4 of the bottles were bad and you guys have been nothing but useless and rude. You wanted us to travel with opened bottles to return them to you when we live over an hour away. The 4 bottles had a rotten egg smell and tasted like vinegar. We have been to plenty of winery
Harold Villegas
Oct 23, 2021
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Today I went to taste some wines and I decided to come to this place because of its reviews. As I arrived, I was deeply disappointed with its customer service. We were treated rudely because we had to reservation even though it was just a tent and four plastic tables outside. I received a handful of disrespectful comments. I decided to buy small bottle of wine anyway, and later realized it isn’t filtered. The quality of products are built upon customer service.
Kevin Sirotnak Personal
Oct 04, 2021
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Debbie Gullo
Sep 13, 2021
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Miscalculation of visitors and we were not in sync with wine tasting food paring portion of tour. We received our hors d’oeuvres after the third bottle of wine was pared. Felt very rushed. Help was overwhelmed and abrupt. Wine Tasting pours were extremely small. We were not compensated for our inconvenience even a 2$ cork screw would have been much appreciated for our inconvenience. Not sure if we would ever go back.
Mary Romond
Aug 21, 2021
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Megan Yuan
Jan 29, 2021
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Villa Milagro Vineyards was such a wonderful experience!! I would like to thank the staff for making me and my group feel so welcomed. We reserved for a private table wine tasting (group of 6 people) and were placed under an awning area—very cute, such beautiful views, lovely live music, and even better selection of wines (I highly recommend the Incendio)! We were also able to bring our own food. After our two hours were up, we were allowed to continue our hang out on the porch area while still enjoying wine and beautiful scenery. Thank you Villa Milagro vineyards for being hospitable and giving
Mima V.
Jul 06, 2020
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My husband and I went to "Dine at the Vines" this past weekend.
We really enjoyed the views and the atmosphere. Dining outside watching the sunset was amazing! I think the pricing was acceptable to the "four" courses we received along with ample time to taste the wines (included in price) prior to purchasing a bottle with our dinner.
Dinner was outstanding. Antipasto, Tuscan Style Salad, Roasted Pig with veggies and penne vodka. All served in good portions!
For dessert we were served Tiramisu and my only complaint was that the coffee took quite a bit of time to be served. We ate our dessert
We really enjoyed the views and the atmosphere. Dining outside watching the sunset was amazing! I think the pricing was acceptable to the "four" courses we received along with ample time to taste the wines (included in price) prior to purchasing a bottle with our dinner.
Dinner was outstanding. Antipasto, Tuscan Style Salad, Roasted Pig with veggies and penne vodka. All served in good portions!
For dessert we were served Tiramisu and my only complaint was that the coffee took quite a bit of time to be served. We ate our dessert
Cave Arnold
Oct 28, 2019
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We ate at a table between two rows of grape vines at a “Dine in the Vines” dinner here. The food and service was excellent. The appetizer of fruit and cheese was yummy. I especially loved the goat cheese. I had the chicken cordon blue with green beans for my main course. The New York style cheesecake served for dessert was delicious, rich and creamy topped with fresh strawberries. We will definitely go here again. Everything was freshly prepared and served to a large group of us seated amongst the vines. The sunset was beautiful as was the scenery before dark. The moon and stars filled the
Jul B.
Jul 25, 2019
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We drove there from Bergen County with a group of my wife’s co-workers, they wanted to go in the train but was booked. Small vineyard but very nice. The tour and wine tasting were both informative and entertaining, we had a good time. Bought four bottles of wine and and their Hors d’oeuvres cook book.
