SAVE THE FAMILY FARMS in Napa

• Situation: Small family vineyards are not permitted to host tastings and sell Napa Valley wine on their family farm
• Complication: This creates an economic hurdle making it virtually impossible to legally make a living growing, tasting and selling wine from Napa vineyards
• Implication: Napa Valley small family farms and vineyards will disappear......if nothing changes
• Position: This is not a challenge to the 1990 Winery Definition Ordinance (WDO) but the addition of reasonable conditions at the appropriate scale for a Micro-Winery
• Proposal: Please support this petition for the creation of a Napa County Micro-Winery Ordinance to allow limited wine tasting & direct to consumer sales on small family vineyards that meet responsible regulations 

Save the Family Farm Benefits: 

• Creates a balanced playing field for equal access to “direct to consumer" tasting and sales for small family vineyards.
• Preserves Napa’s small family farm legacy and unique history
• Protects the environment by eliminating the need for new infrastructure.
• Keeps Agriculture as the highest and best use of Napa Land
• Enables family farms to be passed down to the next generation
• Reduces the takeover of farmland
• Enables competitive innovation that extends Napa’s brand
• Provides a diversity of choice and a uniquely different set of tasting experiences