Editing Cape May County, New Jersey (section)

===Breweries, distilleries, and wineries===
Cape May Brewing Company opened in 2011 at the [[Cape May Airport]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mary Linehan |newspaper=Cape May Gazette |date=August 15, 2012 |title=Council doubles economic development loan to Cape May Brewing Co. |access-date=April 7, 2018 |url=http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/cape-may/cape-may-gazette/28471-council-doubles-economic-development-loan-to-cape-may-brewing-co.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918153114/http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/cape-may/cape-may-gazette/28471-council-doubles-economic-development-loan-to-cape-may-brewing-co.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref> and by 2015 was the third-largest brewer in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|author=Alicia Vitarelli|publisher=6 ABC|date=August 20, 2015|title=Unique products created ahead of papal visit|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://6abc.com/religion/unique-products-created-ahead-of-papal-visit/947723/|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010450/http://6abc.com/religion/unique-products-created-ahead-of-papal-visit/947723/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tuckahoe Brewing]] also opened in 2011 in [[Ocean View, New Jersey|Ocean View]], but moved to a bigger facility in [[Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Egg Harbor Township]] in neighboring Atlantic County in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|author=Felicia Compian|date=April 16, 2013|title=How They Make It: Tuckahoe Brewery shows how to serve up award-winning stout|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/how-they-make-it-tuckahoe-brewery-shows-how-to-serve/article_a57786ab-4134-5695-ad6c-f04efd7f519b.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073553/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/how-they-make-it-tuckahoe-brewery-shows-how-to-serve/article_a57786ab-4134-5695-ad6c-f04efd7f519b.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Nicholas Huba|date=October 21, 2015|title=Tuckahoe Brewing moves to bigger digs in Egg Harbor Township|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/tuckahoe-brewing-moves-to-bigger-digs-in-egg-harbor-township/article_46ec0b6e-7867-11e5-b992-d7028b28f8ed.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073500/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/tuckahoe-brewing-moves-to-bigger-digs-in-egg-harbor-township/article_46ec0b6e-7867-11e5-b992-d7028b28f8ed.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Slack Tide Brew opened in [[Clermont, Cape May County, New Jersey|Clermont]].<ref name="cul"/> In 2016, Ludlam Island Brewery opened in the former location of Tuckahoe Brewing, after originally seeking to open the facility in Sea Isle City.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=BestofNJ.com|author=Chris Castellani|date=June 27, 2017|title=Brew Jersey: Tuckahoe Brewing Co.|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=https://bestofnj.com/brew-jersey-tuckahoe-brewing|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213907/https://bestofnj.com/brew-jersey-tuckahoe-brewing|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ludlam Island Brewery|publisher=Inglorious Beerstards|date=February 14, 2017|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=https://ingloriousbeerstards.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/ludlum-island-brewery/|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010448/https://ingloriousbeerstards.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/ludlum-island-brewery/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 3, 2015|title=Brew Pubs Rejected, Council Splits 3-2|author=Camille Sailer|access-date=April 7, 2018|newspaper=Cape May County Herald|url=http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_fdd39d01-f74f-5a38-9efd-351b926dd9e1.html|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406004324/https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_fdd39d01-f74f-5a38-9efd-351b926dd9e1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2016, Cold Spring Brewing began operations out of a barn from 1804, as part of [[Historic Cold Spring Village]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tapping into History|publisher=Cape May Magazine|author=John Roth|date=Spring 2016|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.capemaymag.com/feature/tapping-into-history/|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619222418/http://www.capemaymag.com/feature/tapping-into-history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Christopher South|date=January 19, 2017|title=1804 barn fits in, supports Cold Spring Village in Lower Township|newspaper=The Gazette of Cape May|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.shorenewstoday.com/cape_may/barn-fits-in-supports-cold-spring-village-in-lower-township/article_53bda8a0-425a-5430-accc-608184edd813.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010442/http://www.shorenewstoday.com/cape_may/barn-fits-in-supports-cold-spring-village-in-lower-township/article_53bda8a0-425a-5430-accc-608184edd813.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 7 Mile Brewery opened in Cape May Court House.<ref>{{cite news|title=7 Mile Brewery sets grand opening Saturday|date=August 31, 2016|newspaper=The Gazette of Middle Township|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.shorenewstoday.com/middle_township/mile-brewery-sets-grand-opening-saturday/article_068ea514-6f87-11e6-840a-5b931b258875.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010502/http://www.shorenewstoday.com/middle_township/mile-brewery-sets-grand-opening-saturday/article_068ea514-6f87-11e6-840a-5b931b258875.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, Avalon Brew Pub opened in Avalon,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 29, 2017|title=At the Shore, a wave of new restaurants|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/food/at-the-shore-a-wave-of-new-restaurants-20170629.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141248/http://www.philly.com/philly/food/at-the-shore-a-wave-of-new-restaurants-20170629.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bucket Brigade Brewery opened in Cape May Court House.<ref>{{cite news|title=Extinguish Your Thirst at the New Bucket Brigade Brewery|date=January 5, 2018|access-date=April 7, 2018|newspaper=Cape May County Herald|url=http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/community/business/article_1fe5cd4a-f248-11e7-8f83-53942968f3e3.html|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321163006/https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/community/business/article_1fe5cd4a-f248-11e7-8f83-53942968f3e3.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mudhen Brewery opened in Wildwood in April 2018.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|date=May 23, 2018|access-date=June 26, 2018|title=New spots to get your munch on in South Jersey this summer|author=Ryan Laughlin|url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/dining/new-spots-to-get-your-munch-on-in-south-jersey/article_79fcfe7d-ba23-57c0-8f21-d54004f4fa6f.html|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005239/https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/dining/new-spots-to-get-your-munch-on-in-south-jersey/article_79fcfe7d-ba23-57c0-8f21-d54004f4fa6f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gusto Brewery opened in December 2018 in North Cape May.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|author=Mark Haynie|date=February 5, 2019|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=Cape May county brews continue to grow|url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/cape-may-county-brews-continue-to-grow/article_8b7e5c46-4c9a-5817-b2ea-fde40f3246d4.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812004354/https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/cape-may-county-brews-continue-to-grow/article_8b7e5c46-4c9a-5817-b2ea-fde40f3246d4.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first [[distillery]] to open in the county since the [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition era]] was Lazy Eye Distillery, which opened a second facility in Wildwood in 2015 after opening its first facility in Atlantic County in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Miller|date=June 28, 2015|title=New distillery opens in Wildwood|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=April 7, 2018|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/new-distillery-opens-in-wildwood/article_a8ecf964-1c68-11e5-8958-db3b5dc21854.html|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182743/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/new-distillery-opens-in-wildwood/article_a8ecf964-1c68-11e5-8958-db3b5dc21854.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Cape May Distillery opened in [[Green Creek, New Jersey|Green Creek]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Miller|title=Middle Township distillery ready to gin up new business|date=May 12, 2015|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/middle-township-distillery-ready-to-gin-up-new-business/article_4a5ff4be-f8f0-11e4-bf17-4be14bfafab1.html|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407120004/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/middle-township-distillery-ready-to-gin-up-new-business/article_4a5ff4be-f8f0-11e4-bf17-4be14bfafab1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Nauti Spirits opened in Cape May on a {{convert|60|acre|ha|abbr=on}} farm.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=July 27, 2017|title=Farm-to-bottle: Craft distillery making vodka from Jersey sweet potatoes at the Shore|author=Drew Lazor|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/food/farm-to-bottle-a-craft-distillery-making-vodka-from-jersey-sweet-potatoes-at-the-shore-20170727.html|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182750/http://www.philly.com/philly/food/farm-to-bottle-a-craft-distillery-making-vodka-from-jersey-sweet-potatoes-at-the-shore-20170727.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture designated Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean]] counties as the [[Outer Coastal Plain AVA|Outer Coastal Plain]] [[American Viticultural Area]] (AVA) in 2007, recognizing the area as well-suited for grape growing.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Jersey Wine Industry|publisher=New Jersey Department of Agriculture|access-date=April 6, 2018|url=http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/news/wine.html|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053648/http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/news/wine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In late 2014, local wineries sought for a distinct Cape May Peninsula AVA. As of 2015, there were six wineries in the county.<ref name="ac515">{{cite news|date=May 3, 2015|title=Cape May winemakers seek federal distinction as industry grows|author=Dan Skeldon|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|access-date=April 6, 2018|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/cape-may-winemakers-seek-federal-distinction-as-industry-grows/article_9618cfae-f010-11e4-ade4-3b9ab8308b0a.html|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053328/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/cape-may-winemakers-seek-federal-distinction-as-industry-grows/article_9618cfae-f010-11e4-ade4-3b9ab8308b0a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cape May Winery & Vineyard]] opened in 1995 in North Cape May as the first commercial winery in the county.<ref>{{cite news|author=Howard G. Goldberg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/nyregion/nj-vines-cape-may-a-big-wine-out-of-a-tiny-vineyard.html|title=A Big Wine Out of a Tiny Vineyard|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 27, 2000|access-date=April 6, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151237/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/nyregion/nj-vines-cape-may-a-big-wine-out-of-a-tiny-vineyard.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rutger">{{Cite press release|title=Wine Grape Twilight Meeting|last=Frecon|first=Jerome L.|publisher=Rutgers Cooperative Extension|url=http://gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/pr/pr-2003-0520-grapemeeting.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004922/http://gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/pr/pr-2003-0520-grapemeeting.pdf|archive-date=October 5, 2013|access-date=April 6, 2018|date=May 16, 2013}}</ref> [[Turdo Vineyards & Winery]] opened to the public in North Cape May in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|author=Charlie Toms|url=http://www.americanwineryguide.com/winery_reviews/turdo-vineyards/585/|title=Turdo Vineyards Review|publisher=[[American Winery Guide]]|date=September 28, 2013|access-date=April 6, 2018|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221317/http://www.americanwineryguide.com/winery_reviews/turdo-vineyards/585/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Natali Vineyards]] opened in 2007 in the [[Goshen, New Jersey|Goshen]] section of Middle Township.<ref name="cul"/> In 2009, [[Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery]] opened to the public in the [[Rio Grande, New Jersey|Rio Grande]] section of Lower Township.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kaitlin Kline|date=June 22, 2017|title=Six South Jersey Wineries to Check Out This Summer|publisher=SNJ Today|access-date=April 6, 2018|url=http://www.snjtoday.com/story/35726088/six-south-jersey-wineries-to-check-out-this-summer|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407115941/http://www.snjtoday.com/story/35726088/six-south-jersey-wineries-to-check-out-this-summer|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, [[Jessie Creek Winery]] opened in Cape May Court House, and in the same year, [[Willow Creek Winery]] opened in West Cape May.<ref name="cul">{{cite book|title=Culinary History of Cape May, A: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc|author=John Howard-Fusco|publisher=American Palate|year=2017|access-date=April 6, 2018|pages=124–125|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwQpDgAAQBAJ&q=natali+vineyards+2007&pg=PA123|isbn=9781626195899}}</ref> <!--G&W Winery coming soon - https://www.newjerseyuncorked.com/2017/04/24/g-w-winery/ -->