(MANAHAWKIN, NJ) -- The annual Stafford Fall Harvest & Wine Festival will take place October 11-12, 2025 in Heritage Park. The festival runs from noon to 5:00pm each day and features many New Jersey wineries, live music, food trucks, and artisan crafts.

Sample and learn about each of the wines brought to the festival from the wineries and vineyards onsite, located all across the state of New Jersey. Then, be sure to purchase the wines you love by the bottle directly from each winery to open onsite or bring home. 

Participating wineries include: Angelico Winery, Chestnut Run Farms, DiMatteo Vineyards, Plagido'sWinery, Salem Oak Vineyards, Tomasello Winery, Valenzano Winery, Villari Vineyards, and Wagonhouse Winery.

Pair the wine samples with tasty bites from local food trucks. From savory BBQ to fresh seafood and authentic Cuban cuisine, your palate will be covered! Food trucks onsite include: Cubano Express, Meat Wagon, and Station One Seafood.

Live music will set the tone with performances on Saturday by 99 Reasons and Sunday by Local Honey. Get your advanced, discount tickets today to save on a celebration that brings together the best of what New Jersey has to offer. Raise a glass with family and friends as you come together to create lasting memories!

Take a stroll through the artisan crafters to see their talents and do some shopping. Crafters include:

* B. Baths – Luxurious handmade bath products

* Bee Stamped – Custom metal-stamped gifts

* Chunky Blankets - Handmade knit blankets

* Cynful Bliss – Decadent alcohol infused desserts

* Drunken Fruit – Delicious fruit aged in a propriety blend of alcohol

* For Goodness Cakes – Sweet homemade baked goods

* Gracie Moo Candles – Luxury, hand poured soy candles

* Jerky James – High quality, mouthwatering jerky

* Keystone Farms Cheese – All-natural cheese handcrafted in Wisconsin

* Mimi's by the Sea Gourmet Mixes – Flavor packed seasonings and dips

* Pink Pelican Soap – Small batched soaps packed with skin loving ingredients

* Shirley Sews – Charming handmade sewn goods

Tickets are $22.20 and available for purchase online (tickets are $25 at the festival). Sampler admission include wine glass, sampling, and sales of many NJ wines. Spectators and non-samplers are admitted for free.

Heritage Park is located at 55-65 W Bay Avenue in Manahawkin, New Jersey.

New Jersey Wine and Beer Events is a collection of festivals and events produced by GPS, Inc.

GPS, Inc. is a full service Event & Production Management Company having produced an extensive array of festivals, events, concerts and productions over the last 20+ years. From large scale outdoor concerts, food truck rallies, BBQ competition festivals, fundraising galas, national celebrations to championship parades and major music festivals, GPS, Inc has led the way in producing outstanding live events. Among these they have produced more than 150 wine related festivals and events in the last 17 years. Their staff’s experience and background in event design, planning, production and management is unmatched in the industry.