20+ New Jersey Wine and Beer Events for April 2019

March 27, 2019 newjerseyisntboring

Celebrate Spring at a New Jersey Beer or Wine Festival! Here are some celebrations, festivals, and weekly events going on in New Jersey you should check out!

20+ New Jersey Wine and Beer Events for April:

The Great Jersey Shore Burger Contest & Craft Beer Fest
April 6, 1PM – 4PM
JSRW and Bar A are teaming up again for this fantastic event. Taste the Shore’s best burgers and sip amazing craft beers. Top Jersey Shore Restaurants compete for “The Best Burger at the Shore” Come vote for the “Best Burger at the Shore.” Enjoy samples of select craft beers and taste ALL of the competitors burgers. Your vote will help determine the “People’s Choice Award” winner.
Bar Anticipation, 703 16th Avenue, Lake Como, NJ
Cost: $30 – $50

Crafts and Drafts at Jersey Girl Brewing
April 6, 2PM – 7PM
Marketspace returns to Jersey Girl Brewing for Crafts and Drafts on April 6, 2019. This pop-up handmade market features 16 local artisans inside of the brewery warehouse.
426 Sand Shore Rd, Hackettstown, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend

2019 Barrels for Badges Wine & Food Truck Festival
April 6 & 7, 12PM – 6PM
Located on the Grounds of the Estates at Monroe at 1351 North Black Horse Pike, Williamstown NJ, come join the very popular, 2nd Annual Barrels for Badges Wine Festival & Williamstown Food Truck Festival! Two popular events now held at one convenient location! Join thousands of your friends in wine tasting, delicious food trucks, vendors, beer garden, cello bar, live music, DJ and kids zone! Something for all appetites!
Estates At Monroe, 1351 N Black Horse Pike, Williamstown, NJ
Cost: $1 entry to the festival, $15 for wine tasting with complementary logo glass

Jersey Girl Brewing Co’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration Weekend
April 11 – 14
An amazing 4-day weekend to celebrate 3rd years of Jersey Girl Brewing Co. New beer releases, celebratory events, and more!
426 Sand Shore Rd, Hackettstown, NJ
Cost: Free to Attend

Open Mic Night at Unionville Vineyard
April 12, 6:30PM – 10PM
Tina rocks. She rocks Lambertville, New Hope, Doylestown, and once a month she rocks the vines at Unionville. You’re invited to join her band of merrymakers for a vineyard open mic in the tasting room. We serve wine by the glass or bottle, and LATIN BITES food truck will be outside serving up some delicious dishes. There’s no cover charge, and we promise you a raucous, rocking…even riotous good time. Performers should arrive at the beginning of the evening to guarantee stage time.
9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes, NJ
Cost: Free

New Jersey Wine & Food Festival
April 12 – 14
This prestigious showcase for top culinary talent, winemakers and distilleries from around the world is celebrating its 11th year with a weekend of dinners, wine and spirits tastings, chef demos and more. The weekend’s events offer something for everyone, from fun, interactive activities incorporating culinary elements such as Wine Yoga and Paso Paint and Sip, to tastings like Rose Champagne with Krug, Dom Perignon and Ruinart or 97 & Above, highlighting top-scoring wines (97 or more on a 100 point scale) to educational seminars such as The Art of Napa Cab to cocktail workshops like Mix it Up with Sagamore Spirits.
Crystal Springs Resort’s Clubhouse at Grand Cascades Lodge; 1 Wild Turkey Way in Hamburg, NJ.
Cost: Varies

Jersey City Craft Beer Fest
April 13, 2 Sessions
Harborside’s Waterfront Property will be hosting an eclectic local variety of superbly fermented beer and cider in all styles combining the best elements of a Beer Garden with the staggering array of choices found only at a Craft Beer Festival. Guests will enjoy craft beer samples for the entire evening paired with live entertainment, Food and Interactive Games.
Harborside Atrium, Jersey City, NJ
Cost: $15 – $70, Get $20 with Code NJISNTBORING

3rd Annual Hopped Up Scavenger Hunt Hackettstown Pub Crawl
April 13, 12PM – 8PM
Marketspace Vendor Events is partnering with Czig Meister Brewing and Hackettstown BID to bring a craft market to the 3rd Annual Hopped Up Scavenger Hunt Hackettstown Pub Crawl. The craft artisan market is free to the public. Pub Crawl tickets will be sold for this event. Tickets are required to participate in the scavenger hunt to win prizes and wrist band to receive discounts on craft beer and food during the event. 8 participating pub crawl bars and breweries include: Czig Meister Brewing Company, Jersey Girl Brewing Company, Man Skirt Brewing, Taphouse of Hackettstown, Enzos Pizza Budd Lake, Heath Village Retirement Community, Marley’s Gotham Grill, Pasta Grill by Enzo, and sponsored by New Jersey Highlands Coalition.
106 Valentine Street Hackettstown NJ
Cost: Free for Market, $30 in advance and $35 day of for Crawl

3rd Annual Zefer Foundation Happy Hour at Lower Forge
April 13, 5:30PM – 8:30PM
The mission of the Zefer Foundation is to shift society’s perception of individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Includes Food! Hot turkey, roast beef sandwiches, fruit & vegetable trays, macaroni and potato salad. Plus: Craft Beers & Basket Raffles! AKE A TOUR!
Lower Forge Brewery, 14 S Main St, Medford, NJ
Cost: TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT Breaking Grounds, Lower Forge Brewery or send check to Adrienne Arena, 9 Colleen Court, Medford NJ, 08055 (checks written out to “Zefer Foundation”)

Bridgewater Beer Festival
April 13, 7PM – 10PM
The Bridgewater Beer Festival is at it again. This festival stands out from other Beer fests with limited release beers, live music and great food available for purchase.
Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center, 775 Talamini Road, Bridgewater, NJ
Cost: $10 – $60

Sip into Spring
April 13, 7PM – 10PM
Imagine being lavished with the magnificent surroundings of this lush vineyard while your palate is tempted with a variety of Cape May Winery’s notable selections and added to that, delectable flavors of the Washington Inn. Local musician Andy Reeves, who plays in a number of area hot spots, will be music to your ears as he shares his talent instrumentally and vocally. We hope you can join us and become a champion of acceptance, inclusion and respect to all people of all abilities!
711 Townbank Rd, Cape May, NJ
Cost: $75

Pinot Noir Release Weekend at Unionville Vineyard
April 13 & 14, 12PM – 5PM
Visit Unionville for the first splashes and sips of our 2016 Amwell Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir. Our neutral french oak aging softens and showcases ripe cherry and other bright red fruit flavors. It’s a delicious wine that showcases the terroir of Amwell Ridge as well as the excellent 2016 season. Cherry Grove Farm will be sampling and selling their cave-ripened cow’s milk cheeses Saturday and Sunday. Tastings of the Pinot will be complimentary all weekend, beginning Friday evening the 12th at our monthly Open Mic night.
9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes, NJ
Cost: $10 Tastings

River Horse Brewery 6K and Spring Beer Festival
April 20, 10AM
The River Horse 6k is so much more than just a race – It’s a celebration of beer, music, food, and friends! This 6k Race starts and finishes at the River Horse Brewing Company. With a unique distance, your PR is almost guaranteed! River Horse prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in each age group. The festival that follows benefits the local police, The PBA Local 111. They’ll have live music until 4:00pm, with food trucks and family friendly activities like a dunk tank and line dancing! They’ll also be celebrating the 2019 release of River Horse Summer Blonde Ale, with that and other great beers available on draft.
2 Graphics Drive, Ewing, NJ
Cost: $45

Adult Easter Egg Hunt at Alba Vineyard
April 20 & 21, 11AM – 5PM
Adult Easter Egg Hunt in the vineyard! Why should kids have all the fun! At the completion of a Paid Wine Tasting, take a walk in the vineyard to find a hidden Easter Egg containing a number that corresponds to a special prize! Limit 1 Egg per Adult only!
269 County Rd 627, Milford, NJ
Cost: $15/person, Must be 21 and older

Ales On The Rails 2019
April 27, 2PM – 7PM
Mount Ephraim Celebration Committee in conjunction with Heights In Progress (business development organization) are hosting it’s 2nd Ales on the Rails event in downtown Mount Ephraim! Along Station Avenue starting at Kings Highway there will be local breweries, food trucks, artisans and vendors, as well as music, inflatables, and entertainment. The avenue will be open to walking traffic only.
Station and Kings Hwy Mount Ephraim NJ
Cost: TBD

Allaire BBQ & Brew Festival
April 27 & 28, 11AM – 4PM
4th annual BBQ and Beer Fest, with TWO days of hops and hogs in the village! A fun day with… A Beer Garden, Award winning BBQ – (menu items priced individually), Historic Craft Demonstrations (Blacksmith, Carpentry, Tinsmith, Fibre Arts), Food Trucks, Interactive activities for patrons of all ages at the historic Row House and Blast Furnae, Unique Crafters, 18th and 19th century games, Live music, Hearth Cooking at the Manager’s House and “baking program” at the Baker & more!
4265 Atlantic Avenue, Farmingdale, NJ
Cost: $4 – $12

Waretown Wine Festival
April 27 & 28, 12PM – 5PM
The Waretown Wine Festival has become one of the state’s must-do events with festival-goers coming from all around New Jersey, as well as surrounding states, to sample many of the Garden State’s premier wines. This year, the list of participating wineries includes Cream Ridge Winery, DiMatteo Vineyards, Plagido’s Winery, Villari Vineyards, Wagonhouse Winery, White House Winery, Cedar Rose Winery and Valenzano Winery. Festivalgoers can look forward to tasting wines from many of the state’s most prized wineries during the two-day event. Proceeds from the festival will benefit Sylvia’s Children, a nonprofit improving the conditions for more than 1,000 children in Uganda since 2003.
Waretown Recreation and Lake Area, located at 182 Wells Mill Rd, Waretown, NJ
Cost: $20 in advance, $30 at the Door

Spring Artisan Market at Unionville Vineyard
April 27 & 28
Twenty specialty food and craft vendors will visit the winery for a weekend of “all good things” at Unionville. Live music each day and a food truck will compliment delicious wine by the glass, tasting, bottle or case. 12-6pm on Saturday, 12-5pm on Sunday, no cost to attend. Tastings are $10.
9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes, NJ
Cost: Free

UNCORK Spring
April 27 & 28, 12PM – 5PM
This 2-day festival will feature sampling from New Jersey wineries, delicious food trucks, artisan crafters, entertaining live music and that’s not all; we’ll have fun activities for the kids to do, while you sip the day away. After all, life is short. Wine not TREAT YO’SELF?!
1668 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at the gate

Cape May Wine Trail
April 28, 11AM – 5PM
Includes lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom at the Physick Estate, a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, and a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards.
Physick Estate, Cape May, NJ
Cost: $75

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