+ History
Fredi Torres was born to a farming and fishing family in Galicia. He spent much of his childhood in Switzerland, where he later worked for Nike and then spent nearly a decade touring full time as a DJ in the European House music scene. But his rural, Iberian roots eventually called him back to the land. He studied viticulture and wine making in Switzerland and then spent time working in Burgundy, Argentina, South Africa and Priorat.
In the end, it was the dramatic soils and old vines from the DO of Priorat, Catalunya that captured his attention. In 2004, after working with Clos Mogador, he founded Sao del Coster with partners from Switzerland. From the beginning the focus was on organic and biodynamic farming in the vineyards and non-interventionist winemaking in the cellar. But as sometimes happens, the winemaker and the book keepers (his partners) began to see things differently and decided to part ways.
Fredi still calls Priorat home, but he is a man on the move. He is involved in projects in Ribeira Sacra, Rias Baixas, Empordá and Southern France. In 2016 he teamed up with Marc Lecha to found Lectores Vini. The first wine under this umbrella was the Pomagrana Trepat from Conca de Barberá. Fredi's Montsant was added the next year and this year his Priorat Classic will also be under the Lectores Vini label.
Fredi farms all of his vines organically with biodynamic principles and all of the winemaking is non-interventionist. The only thing ever added to the wines is a little sulfur at bottling. All ferments are with native yeast and there is no fining and little to no filtering. The goal is to make wines with bright acidity, pure fruit and low alcohols. Spanish wines 2.0
