Bicyclists welcome at Trione Winery, the controversy continues
Bicyclists welcome at Trione Winery.
Whether you like out-of-the-area bicyclists coming through Geyserville or not, here is something new to ponder. Trione Winery has not only opened its doors to adult bicyclists, but is offering free water and wine tasting to bring them to the area.
While the controversy rages about how much revenue, both short-run and long-term, the bicyclists bring to our community, Trione has taken a new direction. Its email flyer welcomes cyclists to the tasting room daily, at 19550 Geyserville Ave., trionewinery.com.
“We offer our restrooms, water and a place to relax,” it says. “We have a complimentary tasting option for those wine tasting.”
Something new to think about. If you can’t beat them, do you join them?
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There’s no question the County as a whole, and local communities, has a lot more that could be done to firmly establish this area as cyclist friendly and to capitalize on the potential economic benefits of welcoming the cycling visitor here. Promoting drinking while riding is not at the top of my list for ways to do that, however. As an avid local cyclist, I am mystified by the notion that someone could functionally ride our country roads (particularly if they’re only a sometime cyclist taking a spin as part of “being away”) while embibing as they go. Can we please not go so far as to promote riding and tasting in the same breath?
I agree with the ‘Berg – just as we shouldn’t be promoting drinking and driving, we shouldn’t be encouraging weekend riding warriors to navigate our beautiful roads impaired. For those of us who ride for pleasure and competitively and handle our bikes well, our roads are a challenge with the potholes, cracks, and occasional inattentive or agressive driver. Riding impaired is just an accident looking for a time and a place. The only place bikes and alcohol should mix is on a Fat Tire label after the ride…
And just who would be trying to beat them? Trolling the road-ragers now are we?
I think its great that Cyclists would be encouraged to visit and hang out our local winery’s.
Promoting tasting and biking ? I don’t think that’s a good idea at all.
A couple of days ago, I was at Timber Crest Farms (Dry Creek Rd.), exiting down their long driveway. In front of me, a couple of cyclists — no helmets — were weaving all over. The guy, a rare cyclist who actually bought something, was trying to balance a box of wine on his handlebars.
I suppose the upside is that when dizzy cyclists crash, they do less damage than if they were driving a car.
Did you offer to take their case of wine back to their lodging?
I think our weather, terrain, and beautiful scenery make this county a wonderful place to bicycle. But our roads? God help us and anybody trying to ride them. I think we should make it a destination for bicyclists…they stay, they eat, and maybe they drink. To do that we need bike lanes and safer roads for bicyclers and that would be for both those that come to the area and those of us who live here.
Cyclists come in on a daily basis and they taste- I am simply offering something special to them. We also offer a special discount should they want to come back later.
Our tasting that we do offer is three small one ounze pours. In my 12 years of being in the business, cyclists and driver rarely stop at that. People rent their bikes and ride through the wine country- it is where we live. I did this same offer last year and it was well receieved.
Of course we always encourage people to drink responsibly, it is our job as a winery/business to ensure that.
I watch bicyclists unload their Costco bought goods every day in my town. They buy nothing in our town, and add nothing to the local economy. They just use it and leave making it harder to drive, and when there is a large cycling event in town, business drops to next to nothing.