Who are we?
We’re a small team of passionate creatives based in our winery in Diamond Springs, California. Our winemakers, marketing, and customer service staff all work side by side each day coming up with all this crazy stuff. We can’t wait to meet you and share our wines!
We believe experimentation in the winery and vineyards leads to innovation. Instead of making the same wines the same way each year we like to ask “What if we . . .?”
Our wines are sometimes collaborations between our winemaking team and sometimes the brainchild of one lone genius winemaker testing the boundaries. Come join us on the Fringe!
Our wines are sometimes collaborations between our winemaking team and sometimes the brainchild of one lone genius winemaker testing the boundaries. Come join us on the Fringe!
Lauren Rizzolo
Winemaker
Big Sipper
Wild Card
Lauren brings a wealth of experience and creative inspiration to her winemaking approach. Over her years in sales and marketing for a handful of wineries across multiple wine regions, she’s constantly dabbled in fermentation both in the winery and as a hobby. In fact, she’s mildly obsessed with it. From beer to cider to kombucha, yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, vinegar, basically if it can ferment, then she’s involved. She loves pushing the boundaries of modern winemaking and playing with lesser-known varietals, which she first learned while working for the ultimate winemaking maverick Randall Grahm at Bonny Doon Vineyard. Here at Fringe, she’s honing her craft under Mica’s direction.
Big Sipper
Wild Card
Lauren brings a wealth of experience and creative inspiration to her winemaking approach. Over her years in sales and marketing for a handful of wineries across multiple wine regions, she’s constantly dabbled in fermentation both in the winery and as a hobby. In fact, she’s mildly obsessed with it. From beer to cider to kombucha, yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, vinegar, basically if it can ferment, then she’s involved. She loves pushing the boundaries of modern winemaking and playing with lesser-known varietals, which she first learned while working for the ultimate winemaking maverick Randall Grahm at Bonny Doon Vineyard. Here at Fringe, she’s honing her craft under Mica’s direction.
Brian Darwazeh
Winemaker
Brian always says, “drink what you like, but make sure you try new wines too.” To him, wine IS art. It is meant to be expressive, thought provoking, and relatable. Fringe is an opportunity to follow these inspirations of alternative expression through winemaking. His fringe-worthy dark side appreciates the deep, brooding and heavy hitting wine styles, while his light side loves the balance of lighter styles of wine. The Sierra Foothills microclimate allows him to try something new with a plethora of unique varietals to work with. Brian’s wines are varietal expressive without overly intervening with what the fruit wants to show. Let’s sip on that.