Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA A family-owned winery

A family-owned winery

so many “Organic” wines from that time (and even today) were funky and the purchasers of those wines often remain wary

orange wine gets its name from its deep-golden-to-amber color that is the result of making a white grape into wine using the skins as one would a red wine

clay/limestone soils

Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA A family-owned wineryWilliam Allen, the winemaker at Two Shepherds, has managed the rare feat of earning a trophy case full of accolades from the mainstream wine press while maintaining cred in the natural wine world at the same time. When you source only from family run, organically sustainably farmed vineyards, manipulation of the fermenting juice is unnecessary. We had one of his non skin ferment white blends in a previous Kompas Club, but this is a fully skin