Fossil & Fawn, Piquette 2025

Pommace of Pinot gris, Pinot noir, Muscat canelli and Sauvignon blanc + Riesling juice

Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

This piquette is a bubbly beverage made from the pomace (pressed skins, stems, seeds and all) from Do Nothing, rehydrated with local water, a little Pacific Northwest-grown sugar and a bit of Riesling juice. Call it “the beer of champagnes,” “hot dog water,” or “Burgundy-flavored White Claw”— just don’t call this wine! At 7% alcohol, this is a fun easy-drinking fizzy beverage meant for bbqs, picnics, relaxation and general good times. 230 cases produced. VEGAN.

Fossil and Fawn started out as a completely reasonable idea in the late summer of 2011, and quickly spiraled into a much more complex, frustrating, terrifying, and unbelievably rewarding venture. Jim Fischer and Jenny Mosbacher began with the notion of making a small amount of wine from their family vineyard, Silvershot (formerly Crowley Station) as a single-site bottling, simply because no one else had done that before. The plan was to have a nice example to show to potential buyers of the Pinot Noir and the Pinot Gris grown there. Somewhere along the line they figured that for all the effort, they might as well make it an official wine label, and Fossil & Fawn was born!