Jessie Creek Winery is a

winery A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, ...

in the Dias Creek section of Middle Township (mailing address is

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) in

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.Procida, Lee
"Gov. Chris Christie lifts spirits of New Jersey winemakers with law to loosen sales restrictions"
in ''

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'' (18 January 2012). Retrieved 8 June 2013. The

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was first planted in 2002, and opened to the public in 2012. Jessie Creek has 5 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 1,200 cases of wine per year.Toms, Charlie
"Jessie Creek Winery Review"
in ''

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'' (24 August 2013). Retrieved 8 September 2013. The winery's name is an

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of Jessie, the name of the former owner's mother, and Dias Creek.

Wines

Jessie Creek Winery is in the

Outer Coastal Plain AVA The Outer Coastal Plain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in southeastern New Jersey. The recently expanded wine appellation includes all of Cumberland, Cape May, Atlantic, and Ocean counties and portions of Salem, Gloucester, Camd ...

, and produces wines from

Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebanon' ...

Chambourcin Chambourcin is a species of grapevines belonging to the ''Vitis'' genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. It is a French-American interspecific hybrid grape variety used for making wine. Its parentage is uncertain. The hybrid was produced ...

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

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and

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grapes. Jessie Creek also makes

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s from

cranberries Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus ''Oxycoccus'' of the genus ''Vaccinium''. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species ''Vaccinium oxycoccos'', while in North America, cranberry m ...

.Urgo, Jacqueline L
"Southern Shore yields fine wines"
in ''

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'' (25 September 2012). Retrieved 15 April 2013. Jessie Creek Winery Entrance

Features, licensing and associations

Since 2010, the winery has operated a 4-suite

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in an 1846 farmhouse. Jessie Creek has a plenary winery license from the

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, which allows it to produce an unrestricted amount of wine, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state. The winery is a member of the

Garden State Wine Growers Association The Garden State Wine Growers Association (GSWGA) is an industry trade association established as an advocate for New Jersey's wine grape growers, providing leadership on research and education programs, public policies, sustainable farming practic ...

and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association
"Outer Coastal Plain Vineyards."
Retrieved 8 September 2013.

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Garden State Wine Growers AssociationOuter Coastal Plain Vineyard Association
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Wines

Features, licensing and associations

See also

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