Award Winning Dessert and Fruit Wines CHAUCER’S CELLARS, at the BARGETTO WINERY, has produced award-winning dessert-style fruit wines since 1964. These elegant dessert wines are produced from 100% pure fruit or natural honey without the addition of artificial flavors. In 1964 Lawrence Bargetto began producing Mead using honey from a local family owned Walls Honey Farm and then continued with wines produced from different fruits in the area, including plums grown at the winery. Since then perhaps a dozen different fruits have been used, all locally grown. Other dessert-style wines from CHAUCER’S CELLARS include apricot, raspberry, pomegranate, pear, boysenberry and peach just to name a few. Banana wine was considered at one point but was passed up because no one could agree on who would peel the bananas. Serving Dessert Wines Determining the best food pairings to serve with dessert-style wines is easy. Trust your taste and experiment a little. The dessert wines go very well with dark chocolates, pies and cakes, and stand up to the most hearty flavors. Serve dessert wines at room temperature or slightly chilled for the best flavor. Dessert and Fruit Wine Gift Baskets Dessert wine gift baskets make great gifts too. They are affordable and can be purchased directly from our online store and our dessert wine club. Keep some on hand for entertaining or for giving to friends for special occasions. Enhance your dining experience with a selection of our wines. Check out our recipes page for some ideas!

CHAUCER’S Series of wines pay homage to Geoffrey Chaucer who immortalized Mead throughout his works. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer "Her mouth was sweet as Mead with honey poured or apples in the hay or heather stored…" The Miller’s Tale (Tale I) "They fetched him first the sweet red wine and foaming Mead in maple stein and royal spicery of gingerbread in rare design…" Tale of Sir Thopas (Tale VII)