Alba Vineyard - Milford

Do you like drinking fruity vinegar water? Do you want to be treated with disdain by the staff while you choke down something that they 're trying to pass off as wine? Do you want to pay lots of money for a cover charge, tasting and food ? Then this is for you. The old woman working the tasting counter is hateful and should not be working the front of house, especially since she only likes people who are the same color skin she is

We stopped at this winery on the border of New Jersey leading into Pennsylvania. We are trying something new and making sure we stop and try a minimum of one winery in every state that we drive through. I found this one online and said let's stop here. I missed something that they require you to be 21 years of age to enter. I asked if they can accommodate my 18 year old son. They said since it's outside and only one couple outside is fine. She said as long as he doesn't climb on the rocks. I said that's 100% not going to happen. She said last week they had to yell at 18 year olds for doing that exact thing. The family then came in and the woman introduced us what was available. We ended up doing two flights. Let me tell you the flights are expensive. $22 for a normal flight, and $36 for the elite one with two reds and two whites, but the estate wines. $58 for sampling wine in plastic cups, Thank god because I would have dropped the glass stuff. I asked her (nice lady) if all of the wine originates from the vineyards. She said yes, except for the Cab Franc comes from the Columbia Valley in Washington State area. We got a charcuterie board to go along with the wine for $20. The views in the back are very nice to enjoy a glass of wine. We sampled our wines. I don't like Chardonnay Oak, but theirs was sensational. Nice work. We purchased a couple bottles to go (Riesling and a blend that I didn't try) figured why not, sometimes the blends are the best. Overall this was a great experience for a winery that is large. This new building is 4 years old. Previously they were below in the barn area. This is so much better.

We went on my birthday for grill night. We had the caprese salad, swordfish with watermelon mint cucumber salsa with zucchini and yellow squash. It was so so good! Amazing! The wine I chose was Rosa because I don't like dry, it was excellent. The musician was a guitarist, very nice to listen to. I enjoyed everything about this experience. Thank you

Alba vineyard has a BEAUTIFUL backdrop. But that's about it. The wine is meh. The cheese and meat platter is served on a styrofoam plate. It's a cool concept but didn't work for me.

As of now this is hands down my favorite Vinyard in New Jersey. I'm a big Napa Cab guy and their Cab Frac is out standing. This is by far my favorite wine at Alba but some of their other reds are really good as well. Food is outstanding and the family that runs the Vinyard are just really good people. Kids are not welcome here and that's fine with me. Just a lovely place to have a glass of wine and relax.