Tinto Amorio

Producer: Tinto Amorio
Varietals: French Colombard, Gewürztraminer, Zinfandel, Albariño

Tinto Amorio

California, United States

At a Glance

• Grapes farmed using sustainable practices, dry farmed, and focused on organic and Biodynamic viticulture.

• Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts.

• Minimal additions. No additives other than SO2 at bottling (<35ppm)

• Minority owned.

• 5% of proceeds are donated to southern California food banks (LA & Orange County).

• Lively, fresh, easy drinking styled orange wines and a chillable red.

• Moderate ABV, a growing interest amongst consumers (Monje 11.8%, Bheeyo 11.2%, Jajaja 12.4%).

About Tinto Amorio

Founder Anish Patel endured a near-fatal car accident and decided to rethink his career path. While Patel at one point considered becoming a monk, half a year of introspection helped pushed him to take his talents to California, translating the learnings from his previous career into building a natural wine label in California. Seems like that was a good choice, because now the brand’s wines are a huge hit.

The brand prides itself on using organic grapes, utilizes minimal sulfites in the winemaking process (opting for 35 ppm—or less—as opposed to the 50+ ppm found in conventional wines), and keeping things vegan by eschewing animal byproduct-based fining agents. This winery only employs friends and family and donates 5% of its proceeds to California food banks.