A Bottle of Wine With Your Round
One of the Atlantic City area's newest golf courses is Vineyard Golf at Renault Winery, located in Egg Harbor City, NJ, about 30 minutes from Atlantic City. The course was built surrounding the winery and the golfer has the chance to actually gaze at the vineyards while they play (but not as much as you might think). When I was younger, most of this area was back woods trails where we would ride our mountain bikes. The area was pristine then, and it still is today, but in a different way.
As a young course, it will have years of growing in to itself before it is in full bloom. When the season ended last year, they were still installing the pavement for the golf carts and a separate clubhouse. The clubhouse was nearly done at the time but was not open and the cart paths had a ways to go. At any rate, the course is ready and waiting to be played.
The Vineyards is a very nice golf course and from the tips has some real teeth (measuring over 7,000 yards). It has a smooth, clean design and should be enjoyable by any level of golfer. Because of its newness, some of the holes on the back-nine surrounding the clubhouse area were a little rough around the edges. But this is an inevitable part of a new course. Overall, it was always enjoyable to play.
Aside from the golf course, there are two fantastic attractions to be had at the Vineyards that makes this certainly one of the great Atlantic City Golf attractions. The first is Renault Winery. A full service winery with tours and a wonderful restaurant that is a local favorite for Sunday brunches and an elegant location for lunch and dinner. After your round, you can have a tour of the winery, a wine tasting and then hit the gift shop and purchase a wide selection of Renault wines at excellent prices. Our family favorite is the Blueberry Champagne.
To accompany the Vineyards golf course, the Tuscany House was built. This is a fantastically designed hotel and restaurant modeled in an authentic Italian theme. Joseph's Restaurant has an elegant but inviting atmosphere with live music on the weekends and a truly one-of-a-kind bar. My family goes about 2-3 times a year and it is always excellent. I have heard often that when Mr. Milza takes on a project, he does it right and that is certainly the case here.
The Vineyard Golf Course at Renault will be ACGolfer's next round. The Atlantic City area got a well needed shower last night and there might be some lingering showers left before the day is done. We will look to play the course in the next couple of days, which are forecast to be beautiful.
As a young course, it will have years of growing in to itself before it is in full bloom. When the season ended last year, they were still installing the pavement for the golf carts and a separate clubhouse. The clubhouse was nearly done at the time but was not open and the cart paths had a ways to go. At any rate, the course is ready and waiting to be played.
The Vineyards is a very nice golf course and from the tips has some real teeth (measuring over 7,000 yards). It has a smooth, clean design and should be enjoyable by any level of golfer. Because of its newness, some of the holes on the back-nine surrounding the clubhouse area were a little rough around the edges. But this is an inevitable part of a new course. Overall, it was always enjoyable to play.
Aside from the golf course, there are two fantastic attractions to be had at the Vineyards that makes this certainly one of the great Atlantic City Golf attractions. The first is Renault Winery. A full service winery with tours and a wonderful restaurant that is a local favorite for Sunday brunches and an elegant location for lunch and dinner. After your round, you can have a tour of the winery, a wine tasting and then hit the gift shop and purchase a wide selection of Renault wines at excellent prices. Our family favorite is the Blueberry Champagne.
To accompany the Vineyards golf course, the Tuscany House was built. This is a fantastically designed hotel and restaurant modeled in an authentic Italian theme. Joseph's Restaurant has an elegant but inviting atmosphere with live music on the weekends and a truly one-of-a-kind bar. My family goes about 2-3 times a year and it is always excellent. I have heard often that when Mr. Milza takes on a project, he does it right and that is certainly the case here.
The Vineyard Golf Course at Renault will be ACGolfer's next round. The Atlantic City area got a well needed shower last night and there might be some lingering showers left before the day is done. We will look to play the course in the next couple of days, which are forecast to be beautiful.
A Bottle of Wine With Your Round
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