Principe di Tricase August 2023

​Change is inevitable, and oftentimes for the better.  At least that is the case at Principe di Tricasse, the Italian winery located in Ramona on Highland Valley Road.  The running of the winery has now been passed on to the next generation, and they are making some really important improvements to the facility and the wines.  As an example, the once very rustic and ecletic facility has been completely overhauled, including some demolition work.The wine tasting area has been moved to where before there was a building with a small weedy playground area.  The new area is also much flatter, so you don’t have to worry about your glass sliding off the table.  As can be seen in the picture below, there are some very nice settees for seating – with shade. 

​The main counter is in a structure shown below, located at one end of the seating area.  Service is pretty much table.  As soon as you sit down they drop by with some very, very good Italian bread and very good olive oil and three different wine vinegars to dip it in.  Of course, one can purchase bottles of the oil and vinegar to take home.  Really nice.

​We had a wonderful time tasting some wines out of the barrel, helping (or hindering) them decide which are ready to bottle.  I can only say that there is some really great stuff is on the way…
Of course, if you have an Italian winery you should also have a bocci ball court…