Our story so far…

Chertok Wines is an artisanal farm winery located at the historic Belmont Orchard in sleepy Shoreham, Vermont.  We farm apples and grapes with a simple goal in mind: make wines that taste like home.  Simple, sensible. 

At the heart of our work is a lineup of super drinkable dual crop wines that celebrate the harmony between orchard and vineyard on our farm and in our region.  The Champlain Valley has long been recognized as an exceptional terroir for growing cider apples and while the grape growing community here is still new, there’s a ton of passion, talent and potential.  These wines showcase both crops while delivering on that fundamental ‘table wine’ thing that we always wished could have come from just down the road.  

Acting as a foil to our carefree cottage wines is a selection of innovative clay-aged wines that explore the possibilities of what hybrid grapes can achieve.  These are wines that temper the extremes of our climate and the extroversion of the novel varieties that thrive here.  Through long maceration, clever cofermentation and the immortal magic of Georgian qvevri, we make wines that like to answer questions with even more questions!  They are a soulful, nuanced and delicious celebration of home.

Our wines are distributed through Olmstead Wine Co. in MA, Zev Rovine Selections in New York and 802 Distributors here in Vermont.