date:May 27, 2014
or Bill Dodd said he had discussed with former Supervisor Mel Varrelman in 2002 about doubling the minimum property size for winery proposals outside the urban areas to 20 acres, because proposals were coming in for 10-acre properties with fewer than 10 acres of vines. Mr. Dodd suggested temporary limitations on wineries built on hillsides until the groundwater situation is addressed and requiring wineries to use grapes off their own properties in the county.
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