Spero Winery Tour and Networking Event

Date: March 27, 2024

Time: 5 pm

Location:  Spero Winery and Tasting Room

Cost: $25 that will be refunded if you attend. 

Clyde Spero has been making wine his entire life. He learned the art from his father, Gaetano Spero. Clyde’s father came to America at the tender age of 13; his traveling companions were two friends from his hometown of Potenza, Italy, who were also in their early teens. The three friends traveled half way around the world with no parents or adults and not knowing a word of the new language they would encounter in America. 

As Gaetano made his way in the new world, he took advantage of the opportunities that his newly adopted country had to offer, and he bought land as soon as he could, so that he could continue the time-honored profession in his family of being a farmer. He did not, however, forget his roots in his homeland, and he carried on many of the traditions of his family in the “old country.” One tradition was the making of wine every fall for the family to drink throughout the year. Gaetano’s son, Clyde continued this tradition all his adult life, using the techniques that he had learned from his father. 

Clyde and June Spero have tried to keep the family traditions alive. A cousin is a source for the California grapes, and one of June’s cousins, Francis Balistreri, who also designed the attractive Vino è Buono label on the bottle. The man on the label, who is lifting his glass in a salutè, is Clyde’s father, Gaetano. The name for the wine was inspired by Clyde’s Uncle Ventuda (Buonoventuda) Spero.