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Podcast Summary
In a recent interview with Jake Carter, Grace Stipanov, a seasoned professional in the event industry, discussed her experiences and observations from working with Trentadue Winery. Grace joyfully acknowledged the family-oriented ambiance of Trentadue Winery and its impression of being ‘home.’
Grace shared how contemporary wedding trends at Trentadue Winery diverge from common internet fads and lean toward a more personalized touch. The trend for customization extends from menus and place cards to decor and choice of food. By focusing on personalization, each event at Trentadue Winery holds a unique charm and character that align with the couple’s personality and preferences.
One memorable example narrated by Grace included a June wedding where the couple’s passion for vintage cars was wonderfully integrated into the event. An old car decorated with flowers was parked on a walkway, and the groom made his entrance in a unique vintage vehicle. This spotlight on personal touches in event planning is an enticing approach that sets Trentadue Winery apart from other venues.
Grace also mentioned that Trentadue Winery has become a preferred destination not just for local Bay Area weddings, but it is also drawing in couples from far-off locations like Los Angeles, Scottsdale, and even Florida, Maine, and Pennsylvania.
The podcast conversation centered around the keyword ‘Trentadue Winery’ clarifies the venue’s unique appeal in hosting personalized, exceptional events that go beyond merely following trends. It wraps up by highlighting the increasingly broader reach of Trentadue Winery as a sought-after destination for unforgettable celebrations.
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Podcast Transcript
Jake (00:23)
I know that you’ve had kind of a long, awesome experience in the events industry before you joined Trentadue back in January, doing weddings
Grace Ruce (00:31)
Mm.
Jake (00:31)
and all kinds of different events. and you’ve told me that Trentadue really feels like coming home. I know you love the family aspect of Trentadue. So super excited to talk to you and talk about events in your your venue, your experience, your space. thanks for coming.
Grace Ruce (00:45)
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Jake (00:47)
Yeah.
so let’s get right into it. So what are some cool trends that you’re seeing in the wedding or event industry?
Grace Ruce (00:54)
Yeah. So I would say in the wedding and event industry, we have kind of pivoted to a very more customized approach. I see a lot of weddings, rather than following necessarily trends that they might see on the internet or social media, they are really kind of personalizing the experience. you know, whether that’s through little details, whether that’s shown in their food, their decor, even down to their menus, their place cards, things like that. I really see
w the wedding trend specifically at Trentadue really kind of focus more on the personalization side of things rather than kind of the trends that are on shown online. And I see that kind of across like other areas as well.
Jake (01:35)
there any recent things like personalization things that you’ve seen that like really stood out?
Grace Ruce (01:40)
Yeah, we did an amazing wedding back in June and they were a part of an amazing vintage car community. and so they, you know, had an old car that they had kind of parked on a walkway within our property and it was overflowing with flowers from the front.
you know, they added a lot of fun, you know, car customization into their special day. They had little vintage car tags that had kind of a cute little quote about love and you know, their initials and things like that. The groom actually arrived on a extremely old vintage car. You know, he actually
processed to the Arbor via vintage card, which is something that we at Tronado had never seen before. So, you know, we were all about they were presenting these super, you know, out of the box fun ideas and we just were all for it, yeah.
Jake (02:31)
That’s awesome. Very cool. Yeah, that’s
Grace Ruce (02:32)
Yeah.
Jake (02:33)
I feel like that area of California is putting big on their vintage cars.
Grace Ruce (02:37)
Yeah, I I would agree. I think you know, this couple also wasn’t from the area in which we live. They were actually coming from Los Angeles. I noticed that Trentadue was kind of
Jake (02:46)
I don’t know.
Grace Ruce (02:48)
very much like that. We I would say do a lot of local weddings, you know, a lot of Bay Area local weddings, couples, but we are definitely, you know, a location for everyone. Los Angeles, even down to, you know, we just did a wonderful wedding last weekend for a couple out of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona. So, you know, we are definitely
kind of becoming more of a hub to you know folks that don’t live near us, which is really exciting.
Jake (03:12)
Yeah, yeah, that’s awesome. you’re kind of hitting all the big hubs, Scottsdale, LA.
Grace Ruce (03:17)
Yes. We have
we have some people from Florida coming in, Maine, Pennsylvania, which I hadn’t really seen before, you know. I think that being a wine country destination, we get a lot of people from the Bay Area. Maybe the couple, you know, is in tech or lives in San Francisco, but their family might not be local. so they’re kind of traveling in, but now we see a lot of couples that aren’t local to the area too, which is yeah, really interesting.
Jake (03:41)
Yeah. okay, so speaking of couples, what are some things that couples or just people at events in general should never do? What’s the like biggest, cringiest thing that you’re like, this I can’t stand when they do this? Tell all.
Grace Ruce (03:54)
Yeah.
know if it’s just one thing. I feel like we are like I said in the beginning, we’re kind of in a, you know, of what everyone is doing online kind of trend, right? We see things on TikTok or Instagram or even Pinterest. And I feel like, you know, we are kind of in in an age where, you know, they really want to kind of
you know, be what they see online and then sometimes it can come off not in the most authentic way to them. so, you know, even, you know, being a wedding planner for so many years, you know, I’m all about like authenticality and being yourself and really, you know, feeling and choosing things that feel right to you. And I definitely feel like that is something that you can kind of feel when it’s more not necessarily about the couple in their interests, but more about wanting to kind of fit
into the social media side of things.
Jake (04:48)
Absolutely. Is there anything that
Grace Ruce (04:49)
Yeah.
Jake (04:50)
you’ve seen at events in general that is something that is just like cringe worthy or you like hate to see?
Grace Ruce (04:55)
I don’t I don’t know if it’s anything that I hate to see. you know, I feel no,
Jake (04:59)
You’re so nice.
Grace Ruce (05:01)
but I can’t really think. Let me think. Let me think a little bit harder. I don’t I really
Jake (05:07)
One of my last guests shared that their least favorite thing. Well, I I feel like this is a very unique example because I was very
Grace Ruce (05:09)
Yeah, give me an example. Yeah.
Jake (05:14)
surprised that they brought this up. they brought up that they hate that Sweet Caroline is designated as the party song. And they were just like, It’s it’s a bad song,
Grace Ruce (05:23)
Yeah.
Jake (05:24)
we don’t like it. And they went on and on and on about that.
So that’s that’s like a a funny example. I mean, I’ve I’ve heard a lot from other people also about like timing and not being prepared for things or trying to go too big and then, you know, not having day of planners or not having people like ready to make the things that they want happen. So it’s just kind of like a rush in the end and then people end up being stressed through events. Those are kind of common things that I hear.
Grace Ruce (05:48)
Yeah.
I mean, I think so we require planners, we require coordinators on our own property. So we, you know, try to limit the amount of kind of those like last minute things. We really try to not be a DIY venue. I feel like a lot of times, you know, there’s people who feel like they could do a lot of the things themselves, but I think it’s really easy to feel like you can until you’re put in the situation. And you know, I really think that there are so many wonderful event professors.
professionals out there that you are always going to find someone within your price point. I feel like you’re always there is always going to be a vendor that is the right fit for someone. so we don’t do a lot of DIYs on property. We don’t really have a lot of, you know, events that don’t have a coordinator or a planner just because you know, those are
They handle so much of things, the logistical side of things, that we can’t really, you know, not have them a part of the experience. I would say I’m very happy that we are moving away from the Cha Cha Slide or the YMCA
Jake (06:48)
Ha ha ha.
Grace Ruce (06:49)
or kind of all of those. I also love that we kind of have gotten away from the garter and the mostly the garter tossed. I feel like those experiences were always kind of like, Magic Mike’s playing. Like what is what’s going to happen next?
but I mean it is a luxury being the venue side of things because we are really just making sure, you know, that the venue is operating and everything is running smoothly and we don’t necessarily monitor or you know, truly like we’re not knee deep in all of the other logistical things. So as long as the venue’s there, as long as it’s beautiful, the spaces are, you know, everything that the couple wished for and more, then all of the other little things, you know, are more
about their specific taste and less about Yeah.
Jake (07:33)
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Other than the car thing that happened recently, what is the coolest thing that you’ve seen? Is there a second coolest? Is that the coolest? What is like the coolest vendor or like way that they’ve planned an event? What is what is the number one thing that you’ve seen? And that doesn’t have to be a trend to do either.
Grace Ruce (07:54)
Yeah. I really I feel like there’s so many fun trends out there. I really I really feel like even, you know, everything from the beer burrows to you know, we have this season, the later in the year in October, the bride’s mom owns a carriage company and so she’s arriving on a horse-drawn carriage. You know, those are some things we don’t see very often.
You know, in the wedding world I feel like music has become such a large part of the experience, right? I feel like we went from having a lot of DJs to now being a little bit more band heavy. you know
Weaving music in really throughout the whole experience, whether it used to be pre-recorded for ceremonies and now there’s a live violinist or a stringist or even live music during cocktail hour. I feel like very recently, the last two or three years, has shifted towards live musicians. So I feel like we are definitely weaving in music and entertainment a lot more now than we were even a couple years ago. I would say that has been a trend. a lot of couples are
actually leaning away from the plated and family style and kind of going back to stations or even buffet. That’s something new that we’ve kind of seen the pendulum swing back to. So I would say definitely like entertainment and cuisine. I feel like we’ve definitely this year gotten a lot more request to kind of think outside the box when it comes to food, whether it’s even through
We had a lovely couple that lived lived in Hawaii as well and they had a live or they had a pig station or even down to, you know, a lot more authentic choices in desserts. yeah, so I just feel like entertainment and food and beverages have definitely been something that we see and from a planner perspective see really kind of intertwined in the entire experience.
Jake (09:41)
Yeah, I mean, I think that’s something that we’ve seen too. I mean, it seems like everything you’re saying, people are shifting a lot towards, you know, personalized, more catered to them experiences. We’re kind of ditching the old traditional things, in favor of a more casual and guest focused experience rather than, well, these are all the things that we have to do. The amount of times that I’ve had talk to clients recently for weddings specifically,
that have said, well, you know what? We’re not doing any of the things, any of the wedding stuff. We’re not doing any of that. We want you to come, we want to have a huge party, and we’re gonna have food and drinks, and that’s it. There’s no dances, there’s no special little moments, we’re just gonna party. Like there’s they have ditched all of those like weird, not weird, but older trend traditional moments
Grace Ruce (10:29)
Yeah.
Jake (10:30)
that, you know, kind of you’re mentioning. so yeah, I’ve seen that a lot too. And and the live music and aspect of
entertaining the guests is has seems
Grace Ruce (10:39)
Mm-hmm.
Jake (10:39)
like it’s becoming a lot more popular. so yeah. Is there anything in particular that makes your venue or service unique?
Grace Ruce (10:49)
Yeah, I feel like there’s lots of things about Trentadue that kind of do stand us apart from other venues. specifically, you know, we are still owned and operated by the Trentadue family today, which I think is very nice. I think sometimes, you know, we can be in a wedding world where things do feel transactional, right? You could feel like you are one of many rather than one of one. and I think that being a family owned and operated business has really caused us to kind of
rethink that approach and really want our couples to feel very special, to feel a part of the family. and I think that there’s many ways in which we do that. I think that, you know, we are not a winery that has been picked up by a large corporation. You know, we have gone through the ebbs and flows of the wine industry and the wine world, you know, for
60 years at this point. So I think, you know, being and allowing couples to feel a part of the Trentadue family is really something, you know, I am really all about how couples feel. You I really want couples to feel special, to feel taken care of. and I think that’s something, you know, being a wedding planner in my past, you know, I have had couples who have worked at venues who where it has felt very transactional, right? Where it just has felt like, okay, well, I’m having a wedding today, but I know.
that they’re having three other weddings this week, right? But at Trentadue I think because we’re a family owned operated, we are a small internal team. You know, there are only seven or eight of us on the management side of things that really kind of are the back of
Trinity Winery and what it stands for. And I think our inclusions really help us stand apart from others. You know, there are loads of items that are included in our venue fee and at our venue that I think a lot of couples appreciate and want to maybe book with us because they know that they don’t have to do the extra leg work. They don’t have to go and source things themselves. They don’t have to do a lot of
not the work because weddings are work, but they don’t have to go out and source a bunch of the items that we have. we have loads of venue locations at Trentadue which make it very special as well. You know, there are five different venue locations. You know, our couples have access to all of them.
We only take one event a day, so we’re not the, you know, we’re not the place where we’re going to have, you know, two weddings happening at the same time. and I would say, you know, one of the main things that make Trentadue as special as it is is definitely our grape barber. our grape barber is a reception location on property where couples actually dine and sit under a true canopy of vines and grapes, which, you know, feels very ceremonious. You know, there is something very special about dining under wine in wine country, which feels
feels very special. So I think that there’s loads of items, you know, that allow and have Trentadue stand out from you know other areas that might be near.
Jake (13:35)
Yeah,
you mentioned a bunch of your inclusions and I I’m just curious like what those things are. I’m super intrigued by what you guys include.
Grace Ruce (13:45)
Yeah, so we have many kind of inclusions that our couples are able to use or not use at the same time. So we have a wonderful internal inventory that our couples have complete access to. And those are going to be two types of chairs. all of the banquet tables they would need. So whether they’re rounds, rectangular, queens, eight foot, six foot, all of those items are included. We have great bar options on property. so we even have, you know
Like high boys, low boys, we really have everything at trying to do
Really, besides everything that gets laundered or sanitized, so like glassware, flatware, linens, things like that typically come from an outside source, but we have a wonderful inventory that saves, you know, our couples, you know, hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. and our internal team sets all of that up for them as well, which is really nice, right? So they have access to our inventory, whatever they choose to use from it. We would we will be in charge of essentially setting and striking those items. So they don’t need to bring in additional rentals. They don’t have
Worry about paying the additional fees to set items up because our pricing is all inclusive of that. and also what our pricing is also inclusive of is taxes, service charges, administrative fees. We give our couples a set price. That way, when they walk when they walk out the door, they’re not, you know, telling how many chairs they would need, or wondering how much our service fee is going to be, or if they’re from out of state, like wondering what the California tax is going to be, or things like that. So I think we really kind of become
that alleviates a lot of the stress and kind of financial strain that weddings can cause for our couples.
Jake (15:22)
Yeah. That’s really interesting. That’s actually fairly aligned, interestingly enough, and we can talk about this another time, but it’s fairly aligned with how we do things. We also include a lot of things and kind of it’s one price, we don’t charge taxes. Like a lot of the things that you said are very similar to how we do our events as well. So that’s kind of cool. in terms of your go ahead.
Grace Ruce (15:42)
Yeah. I think that there’s nothing go ahead.
I was just gonna say I think that weddings are very expensive and I think that to be able to allow our couples to feel that they can come from abroad, they can live in a different state, and we are going to do a a bulk of kind of
the rentals and the inclusions for them, it really allows them to be like, I can actually be in the plan A experience. I can actually enjoy it because I know that there’s not a hidden fee that is going to come my way, you know, at any point.
Jake (16:14)
Totally.
Grace Ruce (16:14)
And it’s really nice to be transparent up front. because I think we don’t ever want to be like the gotcha, right? Like we don’t want you to fall in love with our venue and then be like, gotcha. Now here is a long list of additional fees that weren’t originally disclosed to you. So
Jake (16:29)
Yeah, totally.
Grace Ruce (16:29)
Yeah.
Jake (16:31)
I mean, and I don’t know I could be going down a bad path here by saying this. But I I feel like a lot of venues not a lot, I’ve I’ve heard of venues that will do all the things and then say, but you can only use, you know, these five vendors for anything. And I feel like that turns into a gotcha for a lot of clients on our front.
We don’t typically have too big of an issue with that because we do so many events. We can work with any venue and have the insurance and all this stuff to get most we’ve never had a venue say no. But I do hear from clients like, well, you know, we can only use one vendor for this and one vendor for that, and it has to come off their list. So I don’t know if you’re going to do that, but I see
Grace Ruce (17:12)
Yeah.
Jake (17:12)
that, you know, as the gotcha kind of thing where I’ve heard that from other venues. So
Grace Ruce (17:17)
Yeah, so we do have a preferred vendor list. they are no means I mean we kind of have two preferred vendor lists. We have a venue a vendor list, you know, really it’s just catering, but we have a catering list that we really highly request and urge our couples to choose from. one because we know and love them, and two, we know because we have all of the big items that a lot of the other logistical things are going to come from the catering side. and you know, because there is, you know, maybe there’s a weekend where we do have.
back to back events. So we do need, you know, ki a catering partnership where, you know, they’re clean and they’re cleanly and, you know, they’re aware that you know, we don’t have the capacity to come and hire, you know, a professional cleaning company to come in at midnight when they all depart.
But on the other vendor side of things, we love and welcome any relationship that comes through our door. So, you know, again, it kind of comes back to the wedding planning side of things. You know, I know that there is a vendor that feels right for everybody. And I am never going to be the venue manager and we are never going to be the venue where we’re going to say, actually, no, that might feel really right to you, but that doesn’t logistically work with us, right? We again really want our couples to feel like a family. We really want them to feel like they are having.
a wedding that feels true to who they are. So we’re never going to, you know, tell people that they can’t work with the vendors that they feel like can achieve their vision. Now they do have to be licensed. They do have to be insured, you know, they do have to be a
Jake (18:43)
Yeah.
Grace Ruce (18:45)
reputable vendor in the area. but you know, we welcome all of kind of the vendors that, you know, step through our doors. So
Jake (18:51)
Yeah.
And and to your what you were bringing up, you know, I said the well, there’s the vendorless thing and sometimes people get caught with that, but I feel like those are extreme situations where it’s like, well, we only have five vendors. Good luck. because
Grace Ruce (19:03)
Yeah.
Jake (19:04)
I’ve also heard the exact opposite, where, you know, people bring in their own vendors. And I mean, we even deal with this kind of fairly frequently where we have to have these conversations where people want to work with so and so. That’s their
cousin’s best friend’s dad and he’s not
Grace Ruce (19:20)
Is it?
Jake (19:21)
really a real company and they say that he is and that he’s like huge and all these you know he’s got all these things but then you come to find out on the event day this person doesn’t really do that job and you know that can provide a lot of issues too. So I do understand both sides of that flip coin of like why the why vendor lists exist, but also, you know, sometimes I see vendor lists that are like, we have five people, you know. So
Grace Ruce (19:44)
Yeah.
And I mean I think
Jake (19:44)
I do understand the reason to
check.
Grace Ruce (19:47)
Yeah. And I think, you know, there are some vendors where they can come in and maybe it’s a friend of a friend and they’re they do a great job, right? But there’s some vendors where, you know, and that has a do a lot to do with like, you know, entertainment side of things, right? Like, do they have the proper back line? Do they have the audio support? Do they know what ampage they need? things like that. but you know, for vendors where maybe it’s like florals, we’re a little bit more lenient on the floral side of things. but you know.
there are some vendors where they do, you know, we need them to be real licensed and it’s people.
Jake (20:20)
Yeah.
Grace Ruce (20:21)
Yeah.
Jake (20:22)
so what is your current availability? How far in advance do you book? what’s the kind of guess counts in your space and how is that all how’s that all work?
Grace Ruce (20:31)
Yeah, so we book really about 15 to 18 months in advance. So we’re basically completely booked for 2027. really the months through May through October. And that has a lot to do with how our venue changes throughout the year, right? There’s some parts of our venue that are more you know, more in bloom maybe in May, even April. And then, you know, there’s some things that are more, you know, couples are more drawn to in the later months, you know, August through October. But all of our couples really book about 15 to 18.
eighteen months in advance. You know, we already have contracts you know, for August or September of twenty twenty eight. so you know we kind of we sweet spot is typically for Fridays and Sundays, couples book around like eight to twelve months. Saturdays, you know, typically it’s like even fifteen to twenty four months out.
Jake (21:16)
Wow, that is amazing. cool. What are the what are the guest count ranges that you see?
Grace Ruce (21:22)
Yeah, so our max capacity is two sixty-five. It is a rarity that we host that many guests on property. I would say pre COVID, you know, we were really into the large, super large celebrations. And now I think we kind of transition to smaller celebrations. so I would say on our property we see guest counts ranging from about fifty to one seventy-five. I would say we have like maybe two or three events that are in the two hundred range. but I think that has a lot to do with
you know, whether it’s a different cultural celebration or a multi day celebration or kind of things like that. But I would say fifty to one seventy five is our sweet spot.
Jake (21:59)
Cool. Yeah. That’s a those are that’s a perfect size in my opinion for like events. That’s like a that’s a that’s a great size.
Grace Ruce (22:09)
Yeah.
Jake (22:09)
if you’re comfortable sharing, what is the average cost at your venue for those kind of things and deposit and cancellation and all of that?
Grace Ruce (22:17)
Yeah, so we have our pricing changes throughout the year and it also depends on the day of the week. So we have Saturday pricing, you know, May through October, our Saturday pricing is at fourteen thousand, and that is inclusive of all of our spaces, taxes, service charge, administrative fees, our entire inventory. and then pricing during peak season s for Fridays and Sundays is eleven thousand. That comes with the same inclusions. and then we do offer, you know, mid
Week pricing, which is like $8,000 to $9,000. It also depends on whether it’s a corporate group versus a wedding. And then offseason, our Saturday pricing is $11,000, comes with the same inclusions. Friday and Sunday pricing is $9,000, comes with the same inclusions. So we are about, you know, in the $9,000 to $14,000 range, but that is for a standard five to 10 event timing. Now we do have the ability to add on time in the front because we can’t go later.
to our noise ordinance so we allow our couples to actually purchase out our tasting room or do what we call a tasting room buyout which allows us to essentially close the tasting room from the public and then allow our wedding couples to begin their celebration a little bit earlier and that’s an additional 2500.
Jake (23:27)
very cool. That’s awesome.
Grace Ruce (23:29)
Yeah.
Jake (23:29)
I know that you said you got multiple spaces, so I’m sure you’re probably backed up in case there’s rain or anything like that for for that kind of situation.
Grace Ruce (23:38)
Yes, so we do have an indoor area. It’s called our indoor pavilion. renovation’s coming to that soon. So if you see anything online, just know, you know, we are in kind of renovating that space entirely. But we have an indoor area and then we also have a great relationship with a neighborhood winery. You know, again, being a family-owned and operated winery, being you know, an establishment for so long, our owners have great relationships with the wineries around us. So we have a partnership with a winery that is two doors down called Triona.
And they have a beautiful indoor cellar. And so if there’s ever rain on our forecast and maybe our couples are not wanting to rent a tent or kind of do anything like that, we often actually lean on them to have ceremonies at their locations. And then we do the receptions at our in trying to do in the indoor pavilion. You can rent a tent, they just tend to be a little bit expensive. So we kind of created an alternative route for our guests.
Jake (24:27)
That’s cool. is
Grace Ruce (24:29)
Yeah.
Jake (24:29)
that indoor pavilion? Does that have the same ten PM curfew?
Grace Ruce (24:33)
Yes. Yeah. And that’s our countywide noise ordinance. So we really in our county we cannot go later past ten unless it’s tied to lodging of some kind. If it’s tied to lodging, then
Jake (24:45)
really?
Grace Ruce (24:45)
technically yeah. So like hotels, resorts, you often can do like an after party or you can stay a little bit later. but and it has a lot to do with like the wildlife around us, right? It has a lot to do, you know, with we want to kind of make sure that, you know.
We are allowing all of the animals around us to also have a life at night. Or if you’re comfortable with being
Jake (25:04)
Sleep. it
Grace Ruce (25:08)
awake. You know, owls, for example, right? Owls are a large part of, you know, the habitats around us. So, you know, we try to, you know, last song at nine fifty seven, as we say.
Jake (25:19)
I love it.
Grace Ruce (25:20)
Yeah.
Jake (25:21)
so I know that you mentioned that you guys require planners and all those things. is there
Grace Ruce (25:25)
Yeah.
Jake (25:26)
an event coordinator or manager on site for the day of the event? Is that you? Is it someone else? Is it someone that comes in?
Grace Ruce (25:31)
Yes. So
yes, so it’s myself. So typically the best way that I can describe it to couples is I work the morning shift. I’m the bad guy. So I am checking vendor load in, checking vendor load load out, making sure that they’re arriving on time, making sure that they are coming at the proper time in which they told us they would be there. And then I have a lovely assistant. She is fantastic and she works the evening shift. So I come in the morning, I stay through ceremony, and then once we get
down them down the aisle and we know that everything’s kind of well, you know, everything’s running very smoothly. Then I depart and then she stays throughout the duration. So there’s always someone from the event side of things on property. And then we also have a handyman that stays on property. So he, you know, is making sure that the lights are staying on, that everything is kind of that the sprinklers are turned off, you know, doing all of kind of his side of things. So yeah. We’re never gonna just have a stranger
Jake (26:22)
Cool.
Grace Ruce (26:23)
there.
Jake (26:24)
That’s that’s always great to hear, even from a vendor side. Love to hear that. so any other just a couple other things to talk about. I know that you mentioned that your family history is really interesting and could be a fun, fun topic to chat through on the the podcast.
Grace Ruce (26:39)
Yeah. yeah.
Jake (26:41)
Is there anything that you wanted to share
on the trend to do family history?
Grace Ruce (26:45)
Yeah, so I am not a Trentadue family. right. So these are all just kind of stories that I’ve heard, you know, throughout the throughout the year. But you know, Leo Trentadue has a memoir. You know, you’re able to kind of purchase it online or within our tasting room, which gives, you know, a very in-depth, you know, wonderful kind of history about the Trentadue name. But I have been told that the Trentadue name, also known as Trentadue in Italian. So Trentadue is 32 in Italian, and supposedly back in the 13th century there were 32
Two
families that migrated from Africa or Egypt or someplace and actually migrated to Italy together. So 32 families, they were known as the Trentadoos and so Trentadues And so that is supposedly how the Trentadue name has, you know, kind of come to fruition starting as, you know, early as the 13th century. But yeah, we are owned and operated by that family still today. you know, our CEO is the owner’s daughter, our tasting room manager is the other owner’s son. you know, so
the Trentadue family, you know, is still very ingrained in who we are. But yeah, wonderful history of our family. you know, even down to Leo Trentadue he founded our property, fell in love with the wine, wine family, which was Evelyn, his wife. So he didn’t actually start with the love of wine. It is something that kind of started as a hobby to him and has turned into a wonderful you know, business endeavor and something that we are still, you know,
you know, managing and kind of keeping alive still to this day.
Jake (28:12)
That’s awesome. I love that. And then I know that you had a special offer for the podcast. do you want to share about that?
Grace Ruce (28:18)
Yes, so for anyone that is listening in or watching online, we are happy to extend an additional discount to all of the lovely folks who are listening in. So all our folks have to do is just email [email protected] and let them know that they listen to the podcast. And we would love to extend an additional 40% off all wine orders and ten dollar flat shipping to anywhere in the United States where wine can be mailed to, because believe it or not.
It is not everywhere. So make sure that you know if you are based in a state where wine cannot be shipped to you, then you know mail it to a friend.
Jake (28:54)
Awesome. Yeah, that’s
a really awesome and generous discount. People should take advantage of that. That’s cool.
Grace Ruce (29:02)
Yeah, and join
our wine club. We have wonderful wine we have a wonderful wine club. It’s operated by our tasting room manager, great discounts throughout the year. sales, we have internal sales that go on to our tasting room members all year long. so yeah, join our wine club and we would love to see you guys out.
Jake (29:20)
What kind of wine do you guys make mostly?
Grace Ruce (29:23)
Yeah, so we make a lot of red wines. I would say that our winemakers really have a great niche in the red wine category. So we make great Merlot’s, we make a great Saint Gervaise, we actually make wonderful white wines as well. We have a great Chardonnay variety, Sauve Blanc, we make a great Malbec. I would say the only wine that we don’t really create is a Pinot Noir on property. Yeah.
Jake (29:48)
Hmm. I while you were saying
that, I was like, I should look and open it up. You guys make some ports. That’s super cool. Yeah.
Grace Ruce (29:53)
We do make port. Yes, and we make a chocolate
sort, which is really, really different. And I don’t know anyone else that makes a chocolate port. Kinda tastes like a little bit like a Tootsie roll. It goes great over vanilla ice cream, but yeah.
Jake (30:09)
I’m
gonna have to get this discount code.
Grace Ruce (30:12)
Yes, please please. Please
Jake (30:14)
Well, thank you so much. This was so much fun chatting with you. I really appreciate it. book your weddings at Trentadue and thank you for chatting through all the details.
Grace Ruce (30:23)
yes, Jake, thank you so much for having us and yeah, thanks again. All
Jake (30:27)
Okay.
Grace Ruce (30:28)
right.
