FRES.CO, Sonoma County

FRESCO’s strives to highlight the bounty of Sonoma Valley’s rich winegrowing tradition while encouraging and supporting truly sustainable practices. Jack Sporer launched it in 2019 under the tutelage of his uncle, Will Bucklin. A few years later Jack Wolcott was brought on to help dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s. We source exclusively fromorganic/regenerative vineyards farmed with the mindset that healthy soil produces stronger vines, more robust grapes, and better wines. We work locally, with friends and neighbors in our home of Sonoma Valley, to better watch over our vineyards and wines. Regenerative winemaking goes beyond merely requiring organic products. We ensure that everyone in our local supply chain, as much as we can control, is paid a fair wage and is treated with dignity. We also try to use less at every step, whether it’s farming without irrigation, or using light-weight bottles, or even fully reusable stainless steel kegs where appropriate.

It helps that we believe our wines taste better when fermented without excessive manipulation. To us, that means the fermentations are carried out by native/ambient yeast and bacteria without added nutrients or enzymes. Our finished product is bottled unfiltered, as living wine; often a touch of sulfur is added, usually at bottling, to preserve the wine’s aromas and ensure it ages in peace—and can handle being open for a few days. We take winemaking inspiration from old California, striving for restrained wines that taste great now and with a few years of age.

Ultimately, FRESCO is guided by that old truism: wine is made in the vineyards. We select sites and growers that work with the natural and regenerative paradigm to showcase Sonoma Valley’s excellent terroir as well as varietal typicity. All of FRESCO’s wines are aged in neutral French oak, which elevate and soften a wine as it ages. Our wines are all fermented dry (meaning no residual sugar), and complete malolactic fermentation, which yield smoother, more textural wines. FRESCO emphasizes fresh fruit flavors in whites, rosés, and orange wines and strives for full-bodied, structured reds. We think our wine is for everyone: wine novices, traditional wine consumers, andmore adventurous natural wine aficionados alike. We hope you enjoy what we make!