Spero Winery

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. Gaetano had the equivalent of about $5 in his pocket when he arrived in New York and headed West to join some relatives in Colorado. He found work in the coal mines in Southern Colorado.