Environmentalists fight vineyards' spread

Associated Press ^ | Jan. 21, 2006 | TERENCE CHEA

[Amerigomag]

If we don't no what the word Oenology means would that exclude us from the list?

I assume it's some rare viticulture pursuit or maybe disease. Perhaps Asian?

[RedBeaconNY]

Did you notice that the date on that label is indeed 1981?

[F-117A]

Okay, environmentalist wackos opposing urban sprawl at least makes sense. But opposing the spread of plants? What is this?

Perhaps they can devote themselves to opposing kudzu!

[WHATNEXT?]

Hey, I say keep the trees (our Pinot Noir wines in Oregon are superb.)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Feast or famine....it's always something

[Cacique]

Vino ping

[fizziwig]

"If it hadn't just flooded there this month, that claim might be more credible."

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Most of that just flows into the ocean. There is very little storage ability in the area, either above ground in reservoirs or below ground in alluvial basins....its mostly fractured bedrock except for creekbeds.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Goes GREAT with Pinot Noir!

I've been drinking Pinot Noir since the early 1980's, though right now I'm having a glass of Australian Shiraz as I prepare dinner. :) Is it "news" because they want to grow the grape here? The sentence in the story reads like Pinot Noir is something "new." Dorks.

[gotribe]

Wine snobs?

Hey, I like California's pinot noir!

[yankeedame]

If they do not like wine plants, then they should buy that land.

What!? You mean with their own money?

[NautiNurse]

If you can pronounce "wine" without the "H" you can be on the ping list.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'll try ;-)

[Michael.SF.]

Did you notice that the date on that label is indeed 1981?

Actually I did, but I still am missing the significance. Please enlighten me.

[Michael.SF.]

Did you notice that the date on that label is indeed 1981?

Actually I did, but I still am missing the significance. Please enlighten me.

[IslandJeff]

ping

[Arizona Carolyn]

While I am against 99.9% of anything Sierra Club is for, we have a friend who lived along the Gualala River on the Coast and visited often, it was/is a magnificently beautiful place with a lot of old growth trees; I would hate to see them go away and be replaced by vineyards instead. Of course, vineyards are probably better than pot growers who regularly use these forests to hide their crops.

[Arizona Carolyn]

That's exactly right. Same as people in Colorado, where most of our water comes from here in the SouthWest, have to ration their water usage while Southern California does not.... Most everyone along the coast has to deal with water issues.

My Sister in law and BIL leave in Cambria and if you haven't purchased a water meter sticker for property you own, you can still own the property, but you are not going to be allowed to build on it and each lot or piece of land doesn't receive a meter.

[tubebender]

If we don't no what the word Oenology means would that exclude us from the list?

No No No...Oenology relates to people like me who turn ornery when our favorite wine rises above $7.00 a bottle because the anarchist mess with the vineyards... and I'm not talking about Peanut Nohair!

[ccmay]

Did you notice that the date on that label is indeed 1981?

I'm not sure I get your point. Domaine de la Romanée Conti has been making fine Burgundies from the Pinot Noir grape since about 1650.

-ccm

[djreece]

Well, personally I would hate to see more of Sonoma County be eaten up by vineyards. But being a conservative, I don't feel the need to throw a temper tantrum to impose my views on others' private property. I hope to see the day though when such dilemmas are solved in a truly scientific and free-market-based manner rather than through lawsuits and regulation.