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Napa Valley Vintners are in Washington DC this week to lobby for a number of initiatives, including more funding for fire mitigation and smoke exposure research and more protection of the Napa Valley name. The advocacy meetings started Tuesday and end Thursday in Washington D.C.

SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foley Family Wines (FFW) today announced the opening of a new winery for The Four Graces at 9580 NE Worden Hill Road, Dundee, OR. Groundbreaking began in August 2022, followed by a reimagining of the look and feel of the wine experience.

In 2017, WineBusiness Monthly ran a list of the top vineyard landowners in Napa Valley; as the region is “planted out,” it seemed important to understand who was responsible for stewarding, planting and, importantly, farming this land.

NAPA COUNTY, CA — Napa County announced the approval Wednesday of its second-ever micro-winery permit. The honors went to Chaix Family Micro-Winery along Manley Lane in Rutherford, now permitted to produce 5,000 gallons of wine annually.

Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state’s agricultural heartland. In much of the United States, groundwater extraction is unregulated and unlimited. There are few rules governing who can pump water from underground aquifers or how much they can take.

The French are arriving and younger consumers are leaving. A much shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Is Napa Valley quantitatively important to California wine? Absolutely not. The volume of wine it produces is just 4% of the total. But in terms of image and prestige it is vital.