This story was originally published in the Lodi News-Sentinel and has been edited for KQED.
At the Mohr-Fry Ranch, just south of the Central Valley city of Lodi, peacocks roamed through one vineyard on a blindingly sunny spring day. Mohrgan Fry strolled through her family’s ranch, pointing a manicured pink nail at rows of dark brown, gnarly vine branches that split off in all directions.
“They all look like they have a story to tell, right?” she said…