Sherman & Hooker's Shebang Old Vine Cuvee
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Barbecued pulled pork, classic pepperoni pizza, grilled hamburgers
✨ Technical Specifications
Sherman & Hooker's Shebang Old Vine Cuvee is a masterful multi-vintage red blend crafted by Bedrock Wine Co. to pay homage to California's rich viticultural history. The wine's name nods to historical figures General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Joseph Hooker, who briefly shared a cabin in Sonoma during the mid-19th century on what is now the Bedrock Vineyard property. Unlike typical entry-level reds, Shebang is sourced from exceptionally old vines—some over a century old—including Zinfandel, Carignan, Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Alicante Bouschet. Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW blends multiple vintages to achieve a consistent, vibrant, and complex profile. Fermented with native yeasts and aged primarily in neutral French oak, this cuvée offers a juicy, spice-laden, and authentic taste of California's historic field blends.
🍾 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.