Who Are We?
Established in 2018, Flora & Fauna Imports is a local distributor and importer with (Dallas) Texas roots. We’re focused on representing the absolute best small- to mid-production wineries; particularly those that follow ethical, organic, and sustainable farming and winemaking practices.
What Do We Do?
Although the DFW metroplex is home base, we also service accounts in most major metropolitan Texas cities, including Austin, Houston, Waco, and San Antonio. In addition to servicing some of the best restaurants and bottle shops that Texas has to offer, we also work with distribution partners in different states to provide them access to our direct import portfolio.
Why Do We Do It?
Plain and simple, our goal is to provide our clients with the absolute best wine that we can get our hands on, from boutique producers all around the world. Why? Because we firmly believe that life is too short to drink bad wine.
About the Founder
Brooks Trabold
Founder & CEO
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Brooks spent most of his life growing up in the DFW metroplex, aside from of his time in Norman, Oklahoma, where he attended OU. After graduating, Brooks worked in healthcare valuation for a handful of years. But it wasn’t until 2017 that Brooks decided to leave his job to pursue his passion for wine, starting with working harvest in Healdsburg at a reputable winery. After spending a couple months in wine country, Brooks realized that some of the most amazing, small- to mid-production wines in Northern California had little to no retail presence outside of the winery. It was then Brooks saw an opportunity and decided to start his own distribution business.
What’s Flora and Fauna?
To us, seeing biodiversity in a vineyard, whether it be flora (plants) or fauna (animals), suggests that a winery cares about more than just making money, but also about the natural sustainability of the vineyard and the wellbeing of a delicate ecosystem that we often take for granted. We stand behind producers who believe that they have a duty to leave the earth in as good, if not better, of a place as when they first farmed it. This is often shown through a number of ethical winemaking practices, such as eliminated or reduced use of pesticides and herbicides, water conservation, minimal waste packaging, etc. These types of practices are the factors that ultimately allow a wine to develop a truly unique identity, and the ability to express it’s true sense of place (origin).
