Monte Rio owner/winemaker and Wine Director of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Café, Patrick Cappiello, has teamed up with highly-respected winemaker and friend Pax Mahle to grow and produce truly Californian wines. Monte Rio pays homage to a classic Cali offering with a completely dry

An indication of sweetness

Sweetness in a wine can result from residual sugar (RS) which is the unfermented grape sugars left over in the wine after fermentation has completed, or it can result from the addition of concentrated grape must prior to bottling in the case of sparkling wine production.

level found on the label of sparkling wine. This expression will have noticeable sweetness with 17-32 grams of residual sugar per liter (g/L). AKA "Sec"

(no residual sugar

Fefers to the natural grape sugars left over in a wine after the alcoholic fermentation is complete or has been intentionally stopped by the winemaker.

) White Zinfandel. Organic

Maintaining agricultural systems without the use of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin, and without employment of chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides

practices.