Hopewell Valley Vineyards

Address:	46 Yard Rd, Pennington, NJ 08534, USA
Phone:	+1 609-737-4465
Site:	hopewellvalleyvineyards.com
Rating:	4.3
Working:	12–5PM 12–5PM 12–5PM 12–9PM 12–9:30PM 12–9:30PM 12–5PM

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Rona Peltzer

Hopewell Valley Vineyards hosted my wedding in June 2014. Unfortunately, they are not listed on traditional wedding websites so I wanted to write a review to help any brides who are considering HVV as the venue for their wedding. I wanted to start by saying I had an outdoor, tented wedding at HVV. The wedding itself went smoothly and all of our guests had an amazing time and loved the scenery. The vineyard is absolutely gorgeous which is why I chose it for my wedding. Unfortunately, the path to my wedding day was difficult. Violetta, the owner of HVV, is incredibly difficult to work with. For the first few months of my wedding process, she was very unresponsive and I had to chase her to get answers to my questions. As my wedding date got closer, she became more responsive. However, Violetta is not transparent in her business dealings. Our contract did not require a minimum wine purchase. She tried to get us to purchase wine based on a rate as if we were only serving wine. Because we were serving beer and hard liquor our wine order was less than she expected. Violetta insisted that we purchase more wine; however, I stood my ground and refused based on the fact that our contract did not stipulate a minimum wine purchase. Eventually she backed down. However, on our wedding day she made comments to my father that I chose too much white wine (which was cheaper) and not enough red wine (the more expensive selection). I found this to be in incredibly poor taste. So to any brides considering HVV, Violetta was the most difficult vendor that I had to work with but in the end our wedding day was great and we are happy that we got married at Hopewell Valley Vineyards.

Amanda McGeehan

This was my first time visiting Hopewell. It is a beautiful vineyard. I started with a tasting and the woman who served myself and my friend was rather rude. She was a younger woman, not the owner. She didnt tell us anything about the wines as she poured them and didnt recommend anything to us. She was happier talking to the couple next to us and treated us like we didnt need to know anything about the wines. Just followed our list and poured without saying anything. At one point she asked us to move so other people had more room. When we bought a bottle of wine to go outside, we had to ask for a food menu as well and she seemed rather bothered by that. I felt like she didnt want to deal with us from the moment we walked up to counter. She checked our IDs and made several loud comments about how we didnt look old enough or as old as our IDs stated. At a certain point, comments like that become off-putting, especially when everyone starts staring at you. When the winery was closing, this same young woman came outside and said "um we are getting ready for a private event." I guess that was our cue to leave. Not a problem, just say, "Im sorry, we are closing, thank you for visiting." It left a bad taste in my mouth. I would visit again, just hope to deal with another employee.

Corrie Andreacchio

My husband and I have been visiting Hopewell Valley Vineyards for the last few years. Each trip is better than the last. We highly recommend attending an evening event - especially the Music & Merlot series. Attendees are invited into a welcoming environment of local musicians performed, brick oven pizza selections and a varying selection of Hopewell Valley Vineyards wines. A NJ classic, I would recommend their Chambourcin! Do not miss out on this local gem when visiting the area OR if you are a local and have not made it over to the Vineyard, make the time to do so now, you will not be disappointed!

Hari Cadambi

We enjoyed our first experience here on a Friday night. They have some great local wines that you can sample. We settled on a fizzy rose wine - Bramante I think - that we can recommend. The thin crust pizza was actually really tasty too. And they had a jazz band playing that night. With the lights and the tucked away location, this seemed to hit all the right spots.

Phylissanne Stehn

Violetta is supporting, Rockin The Park Concert (9/19/15 in Cranbury NJ), benefitting the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Thanks for supporting our event to help our wonderful Veterans! With summer here, this is a great place to spend a few hours on the weekends.

Bee Jackson

They place is amazing however, Viola who is the owner is EXTREMELY NASTY and rude and and borderline racist and I will NEVER come Back to this establishment as long as she is in charge. It sucks because aside from that I really had a good time.

Walt Danker

The live music and the environment were good, and the wine is only ok -- as you may expect. It can make for a fun evening. I only drank the red wine, so I cannot comment on the white, which I would expect to be better.

Kristen Drigon

A beautiful vineyard with delicious and varied wines and a very helpful and friendly staff. Cant wait to revisit and enjoy their beautiful patio and outdoor entertainment for one of their pizza nights!

Ellen Pretz

Wonderful place. Had our daughters bridal shower there. It was run flawlessly. Since moving into the area it has become one of our favorite winerys. Violeta the owner is lovely as is her staff.

Georgianne Vinicombe

Truly my happy place. Fantastic wine music and great food. So awesome to live in the same town as hopewell Valley vineyard.

Alaina Spear

Great place if you want to waste a lot of time with sub par wine, while being talked down to. Upside- the place is pretty.

Hyun Jin Park

Great wine. Cant believe that their brick oven pizza was one of the best piazza I have ever had

Ellen Pachter

Love this place!! Fun and pleasant! Delicious food, vino and good entertainment !!

Steven Laskey

Very nice place to meet and enjoy food and wines.

Bron Shtrom

A good wine tasting place with awesome pizza