Napa County wineries: Will your 2016 harvest numbers be inside your use permit?
The 2016 grape harvest has been off to a slow start here in Napa County for several weeks now. For all wineries that hold a use permit issued through the Napa County Planning office this means the beginning stage of tracking numbers that are directly related to two...More specifics on Napa County winery use permits now available online
The folks at the Napa County planning office have been busy. It is actually a pretty busy place no matter what, but especially lately around the topic of winery use permits. They have long maintained a downloadable spreadsheet on their website which listed all the...Napa County Use Permit holders: Understanding the 75% rule VS production.
The topic of winery use permits has been a hot one here in Napa County since early this year. From my viewpoint of growing in Napa and working in the wine industry since 1993, we’re reaching a “critical mass” sort of point in the industry’s...What does wine production really mean?
I’ve recently read some articles about random audits here in Napa county conducted by the planning office. These random audits occur annually on 5% of Napa’s wineries which hold use permits with the county planning office. One of the key items they are...Page 1 of 1