winery expansion

Preserve Rural Sonoma County

“How the Redwood Empire became Wine Country” by Preserve Rural Sonoma County

From our friends at Preserve Rural Sonoma County: Friends, Happy 4th weekend! As many of you may recall, we have been working on the production of some video clips to help spread our message. Many have already been completed and the first one we are releasing is below, featuring Ernie Carpenter. (Ernie did an amazing …

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I am begging the citizens of Sonoma County to stop coastal development…..

Russian River Times October-November, 2015 To The Editor To The Editor: If Californians want to get a hard look at destructive greedy air-poisoning coastal development, hope on a plane and visit all the Mediterranean countries, the state of Florida, Hunting Beach south of Los Angeles and any location that was once a haven for birds, fish …

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Dairyman Stalled, permit pulled

 Dairyman Stalled & More The Permit and Resource Management Department has withdrawn the Dairyman Winery and Event Center project application as a result of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department formally affirming that the owner has no legal rights to cross the Joe Rodota trail for his intended purposes. The developer is appealing the decision, and has entered a lengthy, bureaucratic …

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“Wineries attitude toward concerned county residents………is out of line.”

Subject: Wineries attitude toward concerned county residents   Dear Mr. Wick, Thanks for your efforts, and our hoped for efforts by our elected Supervisors, to set limits on winery expansion and winery demands in Sonoma County.  We just read that Napa voters are resisting more of the same in that county.  So, the mean-spirited comments …

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