Two Shepherds Bechthold Vineyard Cinsault 2022 Green Fairy with heavy mildew and small

with heavy mildew and small yields

Grignolino

Steamed mussels in white wine and garlic

adding complexity as it evolves

Two Shepherds Bechthold Vineyard Cinsault 2022 Green Fairy with heavy mildew and smallThe Land Lodi has a reputation for big, warm climate Zinfandel, which makes the most historically important vineyard in the appellation a strange fit. Bechthold Vineyard was planted in 1886 and is the oldest surviving Cinsault planting anywhere in the world. The vines are head trained, dry farmed, and still on their own roots after nearly 140 years, sitting on deep sandy soils in the Mokelumne River sub appellation. Sand is the reason they survived: