When the market crash of 2008 bankrupted Co-founder/Distiller Matt Montgomery's prior business, it also inhibited his financial ability to buy the high end Tequilas he had come to love. Being a resourceful man, Matt decided to learn how to make his own. After many disappointing attempts and a week-long training with Artisan Craft Distilling Institute, finally drinkable spirits were made!While Matt was driving home on a sunny summer evening, he saw miles of ripe wild prickly pear fruit covering the desert landscape ready for harvest. He thought of his wife, Ken'te, who enjoys eating the fruit picked fresh off the cactus; Thorns and All! (That part is a joke folks). Knowing she didn't enjoy his whiskeys, as he thought of the love of his life, his love for making craft spirits, and all of this naturally occurring desert fruit, it came to him that "I bet I could make a spirit out of that!" And that is the story of how Sonora was born. From love!Co-founder/Chemist and longtime friend of Matt's, Chris Dudding took notice of this exceptional spirit made from the bountiful desert and together, Three Wells Distilling Co was born! By using AZ ground water from from Well#3 on Chris' property off of Three Wells Court in Sahuarita, AZ, Matt and Chris set out to create a line of spirits their customers can be proud of.