Harvesting the Dream
The Rags-to-Riches Tale of the Sutter Home Winery
Chapter One
The Family
A portrait of the late Mario Trinchero hangs in the
dining room at the restored Victorian mansion next
to the Sutter Home Winery, now called Trinchero
Family Estates. With thinning hair but still a youthful appearance
for a man then in his seventies, he sports a black turtle-neck
and black jacket, casual yet sophisticated. He could be a
Hollywood agent or a Wall Street investor, but he's not. He's
a humble man who lived a true rags-to-riches story, staking
everything on the quintessential American dream.
In the portrait, Mario's velvety black eyes gaze directly
back at the viewer, as though he's still alive, vibrant, and in
control of the winery where he first toiled more than 50
years ago. Perhaps, through his children, he is.
At first glance, you would hardly know that Bob, Roger,
and Vera Trinchero are siblings, the children of Mario and
Mary Trinchero. They're so dissimilar, they could be any three
people randomly picked from a crowd, except for their eyes:
luminous, ebony, inkwell eyes. Mario's eyes.
At six feet three inches, the lean and athletic Roge ... read full excerpt from Harvesting the Dream: The Rags-to-Riches Tale of the Sutter Home Winery ebook
