Last week, the Board of Supervisors for Napa County chose not to consider allowing commercial cannabis cultivation in the area, an initiative that was proposed by The Napa Valley Cannabis Association. The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) continues to oppose commercial cannabis cultivation in Napa Valley as well for several reasons, most notably that wine and
Recently, the NVV’s Board of Directors voiced their support for smaller wineries seeking a streamlined process for obtaining a Winery Use Permit through Napa County, and topic that was originally brought up by Save the Family Farms. The NVV has consistently advocated for changes to ease arbitrary and unnecessary regulatory burdens on wineries, helping secure robust
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At this last week’s meeting, the NVV Board of Directors voted unanimously to take several initial steps to try to prevent catastrophic wildfire this summer and beyond: Encourage the Napa County Board of Supervisors to implement a county-wide early warning network prior to the next fire season.Illumination Technologies, a Calistoga-based company, has proposed a wildfire
Wildfires clobbered California wine grape crop in 2020. Here’s a brief summary on how much was lost. The drop from 2019 was the equivalent of more than 80 million gallons of wine down the drain, according to analysis by Novato wine broker Turrentine Brokerage. Exposure to the smoke in the air was a main cause