The Whole Shebang Thirteenth Cuvee
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
barbecued pork ribs, wood-fired pepperoni pizza, grilled beef burgers
✨ Technical Specifications
The Whole Shebang is winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson MW's tribute to the historic, everyday red blends of California's golden viticultural past. As a multi-vintage cuvée, the Thirteenth Cuvee is masterfully assembled from old-vine parcels across California, dominated by Zinfandel and supported by classic heritage varieties such as Carignan, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Mourvèdre, and Alicante Bouschet. This approach mimics the traditional field blends planted by 19th-century immigrant farmers. The wine is crafted to deliver immediate pleasure, combining the depth and soul of ancient vines with the bright, juicy energy of younger components, resulting in a complex, spice-inflected, and highly drinkable red.
🍾 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.