Tasting Notes

Reviews of Wines, Wineries & Wine Regions


Finding & Enjoying Trentadue Winery

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 […]

The Goodness of Equality Vines

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 […]

Dragon Flower Winery

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 […]