Location: San Adolfo, Huila | Farm: El Diviso & El Mirador
The History: Wilder Lasso did not set out to be a coffee maverick. Born into a traditional coffee-farming family in the rugged hills of San Adolfo, he initially sought a different path, leaving the mountains to become a veterinarian. For years, he worked with the elite horse breeding farms of Colombia, applying scientific rigor to animal genetics. However, during a visit home in 2017, he found his father’s farm—and his family’s spirit—failing under the weight of a volatile commodity market.
The Transformation: The decision to stay was emotional, but the approach was purely clinical. Wilder traded his stethoscope for a refractometer. He realized that the “old way” of farming was a dead end. Utilizing his background in genetics and biology, he began a radical varietal program. He didn’t just plant coffee; he mapped the soil’s volcanic ash content and matched it to exotic varieties like Pink Bourbon, Tabi, and Gesha.
Today, Wilder is a “bridge” himself—balancing the wisdom of his father with the precision of a scientist. At El Diviso, the processing is an art form. He uses double fermentations that can last up to 140 hours, submerged in anaerobic “mosto” to develop profiles that taste like sun-drenched jasmine and tangerine. For AXIS, Wilder represents the new vanguard: a producer who understands that a 90+ point coffee is a biological masterpiece that requires constant, obsessive monitoring from the tree to the Air-Bridge.