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Napa Valley wine tourism: ‘How do we safeguard a place without loving it to death?’

Big Wine, News, Tourism / September 5, 2016

http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/events/5973816-181/napa-wine-tourism-growth?artslide=0 PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ARTICLE: Shepherd Bliss • 2 days ago As an organic food farmer in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, I am alarmed by the Napafication of our county by the bloated wine industry. Napa County vinters like “bad apple” Paul Hobbs and Joe Wagner are colonizing our county. According to the group Go Local, …

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Napa Vision 2050 Editorial: “Which side are you on?”

Big Wine, Climate, Resources, Tourism / May 25, 2016

From the President: Which side are you on? Dan Mufson, President of Napa Vision 2050 It’s time to vote. Your ballots are coming, you must carefully consider which candidate will lead us towards a sustainable Napa Valley (NV). What do you think NV should look like in 2020, 2050? We started Napa Vision 2050 because …

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Fred Allebach on the wine-tourism-hospitality costs

Big Wine, Letters, Tourism / May 26, 2016

Fred Allebach 4/15/16   “Tourism can only be sustainable if it is carefully managed so that potential negative effects on the host community and the environment are not permitted to outweigh the financial benefits.” http://traveltips.usatoday.com/positive-negative-effects-tourism-63336.html   Pretty much in Sonoma all we have heard about are tourism’s benefits. Boosters and government like the wine-tourism-hospitality combine …

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