Alliance Historic Model Vineyard

Our farmland property is located in Alliance, part of the greater area of Vineland, New Jersey, so called for its grapevines.

Thomas Welch of Welch’s Grape Juice got his start in Vineland, NJ in 1869.

The Levins’ farmland has been in the family for five generations and is part of the Alliance Colony, the first successful Jewish farm community in America, established by Russian Jewish immigrants in 1882.

ACRe co-founder William Levin’s great great grandfather Moses Bayuk grew grapes on their family farmland in the early 1900s and sold kosher wine in Philadelphia.

A handful of vineyards operate just a few miles from our own property, where the newly dubbed “Outer Coastal Plain” of New Jersey is gaining a reputation for grape growing.

Malya & William Levin

Malya and William Levin founded the nonprofit organization Alliance Community Reboot in 2014, dedicated to rebuilding farm-based Jewish community in South Jersey.

William's great-great grandfather Moses Bayuk grew his own grapes on the same property in Alliance to make kosher wine and sell in the Philadelphia market.

Steven Becker, Vinetech

Vinetech founder and local South Jersey native Steve Becker attended Franklin and Marshall College where he studied Environmental Science. Steven worked under Dr. Dan Ward at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, and with Dr. Andy Weynandt, an extension specialist in plant pathology. Steven also worked for Bellview Winery.

Ben Kutner

Ben is the owner of Kutner Landscape Solutions and longtime family friend of the Levins. Ben has supported ACRe with all its projects since the beginning, helping with property maintenance and installing farm and garden infrastructure. Ben cleared the land for our vineyard and continues to help with seasonal maintenance. This works out well, considering Ben also stores and repairs his heavy landscaping artillery in our barn.