Tasting Notes

The clouds parted, the rain subsided, and I found myself on one of the most beautiful drives in Sonoma County. The route from Highway 101 through the edge of Healdsburg, connecting to Route 128 via Alexander Valley Road, couldn’t have been scripted more beautifully. The bridge over the northern end of the Russian River, the […]

In Alexander Valley, you get a feeling quickly that you are surrounded by agriculture. The 90-degree turns outlining vineyards. The stop and the, “You’re getting close” signs. Then, right before one more perpendicular turn, there it was. Welcome to Trentadue. Wait. Hold up. Where’s the winery? At Trentadue, you’re in the vineyards, which means you […]

I think in order to set the tone for Equality Vines, one has to look at the immediate surrounding “terroir”; namely Guerneville, California. The town of Guerneville has probably the most pride flags per capita north of San Francisco. The notoriously prideful town, nestled right on the Russian River in Sonoma County, is a safe […]

As I sat in the back of my friend’s car—a friend who also happens to be a local—I looked around at the scenery as we neared the winery. Random houses dotted either side of the road, some hundreds of feet apart, others just a yard or two. There was no real indication of agriculture around […]