Why This Bottle, Really? Russets & 'Twigs, Sandhills, James Creek Cider House
By Diane Flynt
2019 Russets & ’Twigs (sparkling cider), Sandhills, James Creek Cider House, North Carolina, $18.
The sandy soil with underlying clay sediment of North Carolina’s Sandhills region evokes images of longleaf pines and golf courses, not apples and cider. But this southern Piedmont climate with hot summers and unpredictable winters has yielded complex, highl…