Peppadew Fresh Vineyards was a winery in the Morganville section of Marlboro in Monmouth County, New Jersey.Silvestri, Pamela. "Former Staten Islander serves up a peppadew...for you!" in The Staten Island Advance (21 February 2013). Retrieved 28 April 2013. Formerly a flower farm, grapes were first planted in 2011, and the winery opened to the public in 2012.Murtha, Jack. "Marlboro farm has life popping with peppers" in The Tri-Town News (31 July 2013). Retrieved 28 April 2013. As of 2018, Peppadew's farm winery license issued by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey no longer appeared on the state's list of licensees.
Wines and other products Peppadews, the fruit for which the winery was named, were first planted in 2008. In 2012, Peppadew Fresh received a $260,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to expand production and distribution.Anness, Kaitlyn. "Peppadew Fresh Farms Receives Largest Agricultural Grant Ever" in Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch (17 April 2012). Retrieved 29 April 2013."Grant gives Peppadew room to grow" in The Produce News (18 April 2012). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
It was the only farm in the United States that cultivated peppadews, a pepper cultivar discovered in South Africa in 1996.Kilian, Cynthia. in The New York Post (archived website) (22 March 2006). Retrieved 10 July 2013. Peppadew Fresh was not located in one of New Jersey's three viticultural areas.Jackson, Bart. Garden State Wineries Guide. (South San Francisco, CA: Wine Appreciation Guild, 2011). . Geographic descriptions of the Central Delaware Valley, Outer Coastal Plain, and Warren Hills AVAs exclude Peppadew Fresh Vineyards.
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