Let's Drop Mallets, Wet Our Palates

Let’s Drop Mallets, Wet Our Palates

By MARTHA GROVES

Aug. 21, 1992 12 AM PT

Here’s a bit of news bound to bring a chukker, er, chuckle.

Geyser Peak, a winery in Geyserville, has been named the official winery of the venerable U.S. Polo Assn. It is, not surprisingly, the first winery to achieve that status in the group’s 102-year history.

By no small coincidence, the owners of Geyser Peak are the polo-playing Trione family of Santa Rosa. Henry Trione has been an association member for almost 30 years, and his sons, Victor and Mark, founded the Santa Rosa Polo Club in 1969.

Does Geyser Peak advocate swigging wine while swinging the mallet? “Oh, heavens no,” said spokeswoman Ann Rizzo. “We serve wine after the polo game.”

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Martha Groves

Martha Groves, who covered the Westside for the Los Angeles Times, left the newsroom in 2015. A native Hoosier, she became a Metro reporter after many years as a Business writer and editor. She previously worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the late, lamented Chicago Daily News.

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