Is it time to rethink what you are drinking?
As a savvy wine drinker, you probably already know that the wines produced in Europe typically have a lower amount of sulfites than American wines. In the European Union, the maximum allowable amount of total sulfites cannot exceed 150 mg/L for red wine and 200 mg/L for white wine. In contrast, all wines produced in the United States are allowed to have up to 350 mg/L of sulfites. You may have purchased European wines just for that reason – a purer wine is less likely to give you headaches and react with your body.
What you may not know, until now, is that some of the purest wine being made is right here in America. In an industry where the phrase ‘clean wine’ is loosely used, Sol Rei Wine brings scientific precision to crafting small-batch artisan wine. All our wines are lab-verified to be among the cleanest wines produced in California.
No Additives. No Shortcuts. No residue.
Given that detectable levels of pesticide, herbicide, and fungicide residue can be found in a lot of U.S. and European wines (doc), we take the extra precaution of having all of our wines tested to ensure that our sustainably and organically sourced grapes are free of any trace pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides.
Using old-world natural winemaking techniques, our wines slowly develop without any of the sixty allowable wine additives such as Mega Purple, Velcorin, or artificial enhancers. On the contrary, we strive for very low intervention in the winemaking process so the grapes can be expressed in their purest form.
Clean wine. Low histamines.
Like any food and food preparation, bacteria can be present and can be introduced into the process. This is also true for winemaking. If a wine isn’t carefully managed, bacteria can grow in high concentrations, leading to elevated histamine levels in the finished wine.
According to a National Library of Medicine article, most red wines have between 60-3800 mg/L of histamines and white wines have between 3-120 mg/L. This matters because high levels of histamines can cause adverse reactions in sensitive individuals, including headaches, skin flushing, and nasal congestion.
Sol Rei’s Approach to Minimizing Histamines
At Sol Rei, we control every step of the winemaking process to limit histamine formation:
- We only use the highest quality grapes free of blemishes
- We maintain strict hygiene standards to keep unwanted bacteria out during winemaking.
- We avoid practices that can increase histamine levels.
- We validate our wines with third-party lab testing — every vintage we release has histamine levels under 1 mg/L.
The result? Award-winning clean wine that you and your body can enjoy. See for yourself - all of our wines are available for sale exclusively online and can be shipped directly to your door from sunny Northern California. Complementary shipping.
