Mechanicsburg native, winemaker says N.J. producer is poised to make a splash [Video]

Winemaker Conor Quilty came in on the ground floor of a planned new winery in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, in 2021.

In the process, the Mechanicsburg native and Cumberland Valley High School grad said that he and owners Frank and Elena Schwab have accomplished plenty, from switching winery names (from Soleiada to Meadowbrook) to getting their licensing approved to finding some retail partners and planting 15 acres of vines on the property in northern Hunterdon County. Oh, and also making and bottling what’s now a portfolio of a handful of wines, including a Pétillant Naturel.

The only element that has been missing is sales.

“So it’s not that it was a wash, because at the same time we were planting a bunch of really nice vineyards, we were building out the facility more,” he told PennLive last week. “We were kind of get everything going, getting the right equipment.”

But it was Monday’s big step, with Meadowbrook’s wines now available for sale on a new website, that …