Help us welcome winemaker Patrick Cappiello of Monte Rio Cellars! Patrick will be in the house pouring and chatting about his wines AND MAKING SMASHBURGERS (pre-order now!) today from 5-7pm. Info on Patrick and the featured wines are below.

Each month, our shop highlights a different small, local California winemaker by acting as a pop-up tasting room, exclusively featuring their wines by the flight or glass. You’re also welcome to drop in anytime all month to taste and discover.

We suppose you could say that Patrick Cappiello was one of our original heroes of the wine world: half über-wine-nerd, half rock-n-roll renegade, deftly serving the most high-prestige bottles to New York’s wealthiest collectors—but doing so in his signature Metallica t-shirts and faded black denim. Underneath his rebel-yell facade, though, you’ll soon discover Patrick to be devastatingly, charmingly curious, sensitive, genuine, loyal, determined and, yes, neurotic... all of which combine to make him an extraordinary winemaker, deeply thoughtful about both style and substance in his Monte Rio label. Now just five years young, Monte Rio is emerging as one of the most exciting projects in our great Golden State, combining Patrick’s decidedly “old-world” palate preferences (brighter acidity, lower alcohol, nuance over power) with definitively “new world” produce (juicy, sun-soaked, unapologetic fruit--the majority from historic California vineyards) in a way that feels as wholly authentic, unapologetic and disarming as his former sommelier persona. 

》 Monte Rio Cellars Pinot Grigio Lodi 2022
$15/gl  ~  $27/bottle to go  ~  $37/bottle to stay

》 Monte Rio Cellars Sangiovese Clements Hills 2022
$15/gl  ~  $27/bottle to go  ~  $37/bottle to stay

》 Monte Rio Cellars Old Vine Zinfandel Lodi 2022
$15/gl  ~  $27/bottle to go  ~  $37/bottle to stay

》  $23 - Flight of all three wines