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Another Dear Mr. Wick letter…….”And this brings me to another issue…….WINE PRODUCTION IS NOT AGRICULTURE!”

Letters / May 26, 2016

Roberta Teller Sebastopol, CA 95472 November 15, 2015 Dear Mr. Wick, I am writing to you today to express my deep concerns about the lack of regulations and the expansion of wineries and event centers in my beloved Sonoma County. I am asking that YOU, as a leader in our community listen to me and …

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“More Drugs, More Money” the dark side of the wine industry that we don’t talk about, alcoholism….

Big Wine, Health, Letters, Opinion / May 26, 2016

  Letters to the editor, Sonoma West Times, November 26th, 2015 EDITOR: So let me get this straight, this whole argument is about the 439 wineries operating in Sonoma County (439 wineries!) wanting the right to grow, process and sell a drug that ruins an untold amount of lives, causes immeasurable amounts of financial and …

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Wineries and Sustainability

Big Wine, News / October 5, 2018

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/4402735-181/saturdays-letters-to-the-editor?page=0 Wineries and sustainability EDITOR: Gabriel Froymovich, a wine industry financial adviser, cries “mendacious hyperbole” in response to winery critics (“Keeping the grape debate in perspective,” Close to home, Aug. 22). Let’s look at some facts. Sustainability? According to him, “roughly one-third” of wineries are sustainable. That leaves 66 percent that are not. How is …

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