Alta Vista Vineyard Gewurztraminer
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Thai green curry, roasted pork loin with apples, Munster cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Alta Vista Vineyard, perched high in the volcanic soils of the Moon Mountain District in Sonoma, this wine is crafted from some of the oldest Gewurztraminer vines in California, originally planted in the 1940s. Bedrock Wine Co. pays homage to this heritage by preserving the site's unique old-vine character. The high-elevation mountain terroir provides cool breezes that preserve natural acidity, balancing the grape's naturally opulent character. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW utilizes minimal-intervention techniques, fermenting the wine dry to highlight its complex, exotic aromatics of lychee, white peach, rose petals, and cracked ginger, supported by a distinct mineral backbone and phenolic texture derived from the ancient vines.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Peterson MW—later joined by partner Chris Cottrell—Bedrock Wine Co. began in a converted chicken coop with an urgent viticultural ethos: preserving California's precious heritage vineyards. The winery works closely with ancient, multi-varietal field blends across diverse terroirs, including volcanic, alluvium, granitic, and decomposed limestone parcels spanning Sonoma Valley, Contra Costa County, and the Central Coast. Central to the estate's identity is the historic Bedrock Vineyard, originally planted in 1854, which achieved Regenerative Organic Certification. Bedrock champions dry farming, minimal intervention, and historic head-trained vines. In the cellar, Twain-Peterson employs spontaneous native yeast fermentation, whole-cluster inclusions, and neutral wood, studiously avoiding chemical adjustments or excessive extraction. Beyond its legendary red heritage bottlings, Bedrock crafts benchmark whites and rosés—including the perfumed Compagni Portis Heirloom White, crystalline Wirz Vineyard Riesling, and artisanal expressions of Bien Nacido Chardonnay and Ode to Lulu Rosé—each presenting remarkable tension, saline minerality, and profound historic authenticity.