What is it? Champagne

What’s it made from? Pinot Meunier - Pinot Noir - Chardonnay

Where’s it from? Vrigny, Montagne de Reims in the Champagne region of France

What’s it taste like? The aroma is doughy, with some brioche notes coming through too. In the mouth, the richness is cut by a razor-sharp acidity, accentuated by the lack of residual sugar (just 5g/l). It's persistent in both flavor and gum-tingling acids, with the apple, bread and spice flavors kept in check.

Fun Facts: Biodynamic, organically farmed and vegan-friendly. Spontaneously fermented and unfined.

What is it? Champagne

What’s it made from? 100 % Chardonnay

Where’s it from? Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France

What’s it taste like? Energized and bright with crystalline citrusy freshness. The wine is not out of control, retaining a dignified elegance and balance in its texture. Finished in the dry Brut style.

Fun Facts: A bottle of sparkling Chardonnay made by a farmer; only native yeasts used for the primary fermentation!

What are they? Blends! A red and a white, respectively.

What are they made from?

RED: Zinfandel - Syrah - Mission - Petite Sirah - Cabernet Sauvignon - Alicante Bouschet

WHITE: Pinot Grigio - Sauvignon Blanc - Vermentino - Verdelho

Where are they from? California

What do they taste like?

RED: Ripe, brambley black and red berries and autumnal earthiness come together wrapped in velvety tannins. The finish is long, with juicy dark fruit and chewy spice. This supremely crowd-pleasing, organic red is a blend of Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, and Mission. Packed with enough Beaujolais-esque carbonic goodness to go from a campfire on a chilly evening to the cooler for a summer BBQ, this is a bottle that any red wine drinker can get behind.

WHITE: This unusual white blend is made from organically farmed grapes, fermented in neutral vessels to give a bright wine with a refreshing amount of acidity and some food friendly texture.

Fun Facts: Fermented by natural yeasts, with no sulfur or additives. As a restaurant buyer and wine lover Patrick Cappiello was always frustrated by the lack of affordable, honest wines from California. Monte Rio ((offshoot, ‘Skull Wines’)) his project with Cali wine giant Pax Mahle, is looking to address that.

What is it? An orange Pet-Nat

What’s it made from? Viognier - Gewürztraminer - Riesling - Auxerrois - Pinot Gris - Pinot Noir

Where’s it from? Newberg, Oregon

What’s it taste like? Refreshing with a citric zip, this wine offers aromas of pithy grapefruit, lemon zest, and white florals and a plump palate of peach and nectarine flavors.

Fun Facts: All the grape varieties were co-fermented in stainless steel before bottling, and every bottle hand-disgorged! Organic, unfined & unfiltered.

What is it? Red blend

What’s it made from? Zinfandel - Carignan - Pinot Noir - Petite Sirah

Where’s it from? California

What’s it taste like? A heart-warming wine that’s at home in a bustling hearth, with radiant aromas of yeasty chocolate and a hint of rose.

Fun Facts: Unfined; female winemaker!

What is it? Orange wine (skin-contact white wine)

What’s it made from? Xarel-lo

Where’s it from? Penedes, Spain

What’s it taste like? An appealing but subtle exotic fruit nose, with plenty of mineral structure, and a medium body with good acidity.

Fun Facts: Biodynamic, no added sulfur, fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and aged for 6 months in amphorae.

What is it? Red blend

What’s it made from? Cabernet Franc - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot - Malbec

Where’s it from? Bordeaux, France

What’s it taste like? Dark and plummy, but not densely concentrated. A very fresh and floral nose, showing forest cherry, blueberries, wild strawberry, under scents of lavender and violets. On the palate, there is a crisp blackberry and raspberry character, with richer plums - joined by herbs, salt and graphite. A fresh, bitter note of dark citrus pops above an ever-lasting flavor of earl grey tea on the nervy finish.

Fun Facts: Biodynamic certified; female winemaker!