About Us

Lago Cellars Winery received its name and start from family friends that owned Lago Winery in Jamestown, PA. Lago Cellars is a boutique winery that uses family wine making recipes and partners with local Grand River Valley wine makers to bring these family recipes to life. We are current in the process of planting our own vineyard and will one day offer estate wines and grapes. Currently over 250 vines are on property, and we are clearing 5 acre of land across the street from our tasting room, to start our own vineyard. Lago Cellars is an active member of the Ohio Wine Makers Association and participates in various local wine tasting events and festivals. We are proud of our place in the Grand River Valley and would love to share our wines with you!

Our focus is on “making wine in the vineyard, not in the cellar”. Lago Cellars focuses on the importance of using environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices along with natural wine production.

We proudly offer 4 distinct wine categories

Natural Wines

These very special GRV wines begin at a small 5 acre vineyard south of the Grand River that sits on a limestone shelf. At one time, this was an organically certified vineyard but due to a flood years ago, the designation was lost, but the practices of organic farming were not. These grapes are grown in an environment where chemicals are not used the entire process is by hand. Pruning, harvesting, crushing, fermentation and bottling are all done by hand. To add to these unique wines, Lago Cellars uses first use French Oak barrels to give the tasting notes a natural vanilla finish from the brand new wood barrels.

Barrel Select

This line of wines is selected by the Lago Cellars Sommeliers during the fermentation process. Various barrels of wine are tasted and the one that fits our brand is then selected and finished to our recipe. Some of the changes we make include leaving the skins on longer, adding residual sugars, moving wine between French and Hungarian oak barrels and other proprietary processes. The same process is followed when selecting wines being fermented in stainless steel and amphora pots.

Reserve

The Reserve line at Lago Cellars is kept for the “best of the best”. During the wine making process, certain barrels just taste better than others. There is no better way to explain it. Every barrel is different, and our Sommeliers select the best one in our opinion and place our “Reserve” brand on the label.

Estate

Coming Soon!!!!