LoDato Wine Imports is proud and pleased to welcome Chateau Renaissance into our family of select New York State wines. This chateau is one of the new wineries of NYS.  It brings with it beginnings a noble and truly humanitarian philosophy which columinates into Great Champagnes and outstanding wines.  Please read about the founders , their wines, and their philosophy.

The Founders

Domenic Carisetti and Patrice Demay, longtime friends and veteran Finger Lakes winemakers, designed and built Chateau Renaissance Wine Cellars in a Normandy/Tuscany style architecture. Domenic and Patrice started the winery to provide training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities and people on public assistance. In conjunction with thier mission, they are also a teaching winery in partnership with Corning Community College located in Corning, New York, and offer classes in both viticulture (grape-growing) and enology (winemaking).

Their Wines

NEW YORK STATE CHAMPAGNES

All the champagnes are made one bottle at a time using a 500 year old recipe from the former Demay family champagne house in the Loire Valley of France. Their cuvees (base wines) are made in the traditional European style using yeast strains from their own vineyards. This "wild yeast" fermentation gives all their wines layers of complex fruit flavors. They use the traditional "methode champenoise" style from their 1000 bottle stacking system to ferment their champagnes tusing their 125 year old riddling racks to clarify their champagnes in preparation for disgorging (removing the yeast sediment). The champagne bottling equipment is from France and is over 70 years old.

The champagnes are creamy and smooth and can be served any time, with appetizers, or in place of a table wine with meals, or mixed with thier fruit wines as a "kir"(1/2 fruit wine and 1/2 champagne) in place of a wine cooler.

Brut: The driest champagne is "a Winner of a gold medal at the 2001 Grand Harvest Wine Competition in California".	$11.99	$143.88
Demi-Sec White: Comparable to Extra Dry champagnes. Medium sweet, creamy, and smooth.	$11.99	$143.88
Demi-Sec Blush: Medium sweet with a beautiful blush of red color and berry fruit aroma.	$12.99	$155.88
Peach: Fresh picked peach aroma and flavor with a smooth flavorful finish.	$12.99	$155.88
Raspberry: Fresh picked raspberry aroma and flavor with a crisp light blush color.	$12.99	$155.88

TABLE WINES

D'Artagnan: Semi-sweet, made from Niagara grapes. Fresh fruit aroma and flavor. Best when served ice-cold.	$6.99	$83.88
Aramis: Dry New York State Riesling. Honey and apricot aromas in a smooth full finish.	$8.99	$107.88
Chardonnay: A hint of apple characterizes our dry Chardonnay. The wild yeast fermentation gives the wine complex yet subtle flavors not masked by oak.	$12.99	$155.88
Royal Blush: Pale blush color combined with a hint of fresh cut roses and jammy fruit in the style of a white zinfandel.	$10.99	$83.88
Don Nuncio: Our most popular wine made from the Steuben grape variety, a 100 year old variety native to New York State.A flowery, muscat-like aroma with a light red color and very smooth finish. This is a red wine for white wine drinkers.	$6.99	$83.88
Athos: Our driest red made from regional red varieties such as Pinot noir and Merlot: Aged in the bottle. Deep red color with a hint of blackberry and cassis in a rounded finish.	$10.99	$131.88

FRUIT WINES

Their fruit wines are made from 300 year old French recipes. They use regional fruits to create exceptional, flavorful 100% fruit wines. All their bottles for the fruit wines are in silk-screened labels.

Apple: Just like drinking apple pie. Made from New York State apples and fermented slowly to retain its delicate fruit character. The apple wine carries a hint of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.   It is excellent when used to baste a baked ham or pork chops or served cold with light cheeses and desserts.	$5.99	$71.88
Cranberry: A deep red color with a fragrant cranberry aroma gives our cranberry wine its special character. They add a hint of orange zest. Everyone that visits the winery takes home at least one bottle of cranberry wine. At the Chateau they serve it to their guests mixed 50/50 with any of their champagnes. Sweet, yet tart and flavorful. A unique wine to impress your guests. Excellent with turkey and all the trimmings.	$7.99	$95.88
Sugar Plum: Made from Finger Lakes plums fermented slowly to retain its wonderful aroma. Not as sweet as Japanese plum wines, our Sugar Plum wine is a favorite around the holiday season. Serve with oriental food, spare ribs, ham, or sushi.	$8.99	$107.88

The Founders  -- Philosophy and Mission

The Founder statement...."Improve lives for people on public assistance and people with disabilities through the production, distribution, and support of products that will enliven and enrich the world. With our winery we will help to redefine social structures by offering opportunities for integrated economic and personal empowerment. How will we do this? By changing social attitudes regarding economic injustice by modeling and demonstrating innovative partnerships of commerce and human relationships."

 Their Values  of operations signifies their beliefs: (1) " In the inherent dignity of all people, especially the poor and the disabled. (2) In producing premium products that are profitable and sustainable. (3)  In offering grace and compassion in all transactions and practices. (4)  In offering employment and production to serve humanity, rather than having humanity serve production. (5) In creating an environment that is sacred to the extent that it nurtures, empowers, educates, and inspires employment practices for the benefit of human dignity."

"Finally Great Wines from Great Human Beings."