Food & Wine Classic at Aspen s Wagner Park in June 2017.
In this space, exactly one year ago this week, I was optimistically reporting on the many upcoming wine events that were to be held in the spring.
There was to be a Champagne Feté at Toro in the Viceroy Snowmass hotel featuring bubbly from Möet & Chandon. The following night, Allesia Antinori was scheduled to pour ten Italian wines in celebration of the thirty-year anniversary of the Little Nell hotel. And over in Vail, Leonora at the Sebastian Hotel was preparing to welcome David Duncan of the Silver Oak Winery for a dinner.
Napa County is in no hurry to debate whether and under what conditions cannabis might someday be grown commercially in wine country.
County Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht brought up the issue last week to the Board of Supervisors. He expressed concern that, if the county doesnât act, supporters might pass a ballot measure.
âI believe ordinances are a better way of governing than initiatives and thatâs why I got into this at all,â he said.
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The county last year delayed exploring a possible commercial cannabis cultivation law because of the pandemic. Most supervisors on March 2 showed no interest in resuming the effort in the near future.
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Lindsay Hoopes and her son, Rohan Aghera 3, walk through the vines at Hoopes Vineyard in Napa.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A plaque in the garden area of Hoopes Vineyard in Napa.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The grounds and gardens of Hoopes Vineyard in Napa.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Horses, goats, chickens and other farm animals eat their breakfast at Hoopes Vineyard in Napa.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Napa Valley’s smallest winegrowers may soon be able to host tastings at their vineyards which they say is a vital lifeline for keeping the region’s family farms viable, and a boon for those who don’t want to see Napa’s landscape overtaken by larger corporate interests. It’s a battle that one group of farmers has been fighting for more than three years. The county’s Board of Supervisors decided last week to explore the issue, and they plan to.
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