is a small winery, handcrafting wine with an Old World approach. Our
vision and mission is to create artisanal* wines and bi-
Our grapes are all hand sorted and vinified in New York’s Hudson Valley where Paula Cereghino and Fred Smith (bassist from the influential rock band Television) produce bold, full bodied wines that are filtered only by time and gravity. We’re inspired by renegade winemakers from the Super Tuscan producers of Italy to the Rhone Rangers of the West Coast, including Joseph Cereghino, Paula’s grandfather.
* ar·ti·san
\ˈär-
1 : a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson
2 : one that produces something (as cheese or wine) in limited quantities often using traditional methods
Cereghino Smith
**chap·tal·i·za·tion
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–noun
a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation