Chestnut Run Farm

Chestnut Run Farm is a farm winery in Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The property began as a specialty produce farm, with Fuji apple and Asian pear trees first planted in 1986. Its name comes from Chestnut Run, the stream bordering the farm. The business later developed a wine operation, beginning commercial wine sales in 2007 and opening a tasting room in 2012. The winery is located within New Jersey’s Outer Coastal Plain American Viticultural Area and has built its identity around fruit wines rather than conventional grape-based wines. Its principal raw materials are Fuji apples and several Asian pear varieties, including Hosui, Yoinashi, and Shinko. According to the cited reference material, Chestnut Run Farm is the only winery in New Jersey producing wine from Asian pears, a fruit associated with China, Japan, and Korea. This specialization gives the winery a distinctive position within the state’s growing wine industry and connects its products closely to the agricultural character of the farm. The farm cultivates approximately five acres of fruit trees and produces about 700 cases of wine annually. Its operation is licensed under New Jersey’s farm winery framework. The license permits production of up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, the operation of as many as 15 off-premises sales rooms, and shipment of up to 12 cases per year to consumers in or outside New Jersey, subject to applicable law. The winery is also associated with the Garden State Wine Growers Association and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. Chestnut Run Farm’s business model combines agricultural production, small-scale beverage manufacturing, tasting-room hospitality, and direct consumer sales. Rather than competing primarily through volume or a broad portfolio, it emphasizes unusual fruit varieties, local provenance, and the experience of visiting a working New Jersey farm winery. Publicly documented information about its corporate ownership, leadership, financial performance, and wider distribution is limited.

Chestnut Run Farm originated as a specialty produce farm in Salem County, New Jersey. Fuji apple and Asian pear trees were planted on the property in 1986, establishing the agricultural base that later supported the winery. The farm’s location in Pilesgrove Township places it within the Outer Coastal Plain AVA, a designated wine-growing region in southern New Jersey. The transition from fruit cultivation to wine production occurred over time. Chestnut Run Farm began selling wine in 2007, using fruit grown on or associated with the farm rather than relying solely on traditional wine grapes. Its portfolio centers on Fuji apples and Asian pears, including Hosui, Yoinashi, and Shinko. This focus is unusual within New Jersey and has become the defining feature of the business. The winery is described in the cited material as the state’s only winery producing wine from Asian pears. A tasting room opened in 2012, adding an on-site hospitality and direct-sales component to the agricultural and production activities. The tasting-room model allows visitors to encounter the farm, its fruit-growing operation, and its specialty wines in the same setting. The property cultivates approximately five acres of fruit trees and produces around 700 cases of wine per year, placing the business in the small-production segment of the American winery market. Chestnut Run Farm operates under a New Jersey farm winery license issued through the state’s alcoholic-beverage-control system. The licensing framework supports on-farm production and provides permissions for limited off-premises sales rooms and direct shipment, within statutory limits. The cited description states that the license allows production of up to 50,000 gallons annually, operation of up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and shipment of up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state. The winery participates in New Jersey’s broader wine-industry network through membership in the Garden State Wine Growers Association and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. These affiliations place it within the state’s organized winery and regional-viticulture community. Its documented identity remains closely tied to agricultural specialization: fruit grown on a small farm, transformed into distinctive wines, and presented through a local tasting-room business. Information about subsequent ownership, executive management, financial results, major expansion, or national distribution is not established in the supplied references.

• 2012

  Tasting room opens

  [1]Chestnut Run Farmen.wikipedia.org

  The winery opened a tasting room, expanding its visitor-facing and direct-sales activities.

• 2007

  Wine sales begin

  [1]Chestnut Run Farmen.wikipedia.org

  Chestnut Run Farm began selling wines made from its fruit production.

• 1986

  Fruit orchards established

  [1]Chestnut Run Farmen.wikipedia.org

  Fuji apple and Asian pear trees were first planted at the property as part of a specialty produce farm.

A small New Jersey farm winery differentiated by locally grown Fuji apples, a range of Asian pears, and a tasting-room experience in the Outer Coastal Plain AVA.

• Fruit wine · 2007

  Fuji apple wine

  A fruit wine made from Fuji apples grown as part of Chestnut Run Farm’s orchard operation. It represents the farm’s original specialty-produce heritage and forms one of the winery’s two principal product directions alongside Asian pear wines.

• Fruit wine · 2007

  Asian pear wines

  A group of wines produced from Asian pears, including varieties such as Hosui, Yoinashi, and Shinko. The use of multiple Asian pear cultivars is the winery’s central point of differentiation; the cited reference identifies Chestnut Run Farm as the only New Jersey winery producing wine from Asian pears.

1. 1Chestnut Run Farmen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Chestnut Run Farm official websitechestnutrunfarms.com