by Denny Rosatti March, 2013 Vibrant Bay Area reprinted with permission The modern-day Northern California land rush to convert forests to vineyards lost some steam last month. The Preservation Ranch project, located in the northwestern hills of Sonoma County near the small hamlet of Annapolis, was a 20,000 acre proposal that would have permanently converted nearly 1,800 acres of timber …
Read More »Some wine leaders pleased with pending demise of forest-to-vineyard project – March 1, 2013, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
by Brett Wilkison March 1, 2013 Santa Rosa Press Democrat [excerpt:] Sonoma County wine industry representatives and grape growers are voicing some relief over news this week of the tentative conservation deal that would shield nearly 20,000 acres in northwestern Sonoma County from a disputed forest-to-vineyard conversion project. The large proposal called for clearing almost 1,800 acres of former commercial …
Read More »$24.5 million deal to protect 20,000-acre Sonoma County forest – February 26, 2013, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
by Brett Wilkison February 26, 2013 Santa Rosa Press Democrat [excerpt:] A national conservation group has reached an agreement to buy nearly 20,000 acres of timberland in northwestern Sonoma County, a move that derails the long-disputed, forest-to-vineyards conversion project pushed by CalPERS, the giant state workers pension fund. The $24.5 million purchase of the so-called Preservation Ranch, to be completed …
Read More »The Vine and Its Discontents
by Matt Gleeson December, 2012 California Northern Magazine [excerpt:] I’m here to visit a major flash point in the North Coast’s battle over what is called “forest-to-vineyard conversion,” a bland term that doesn’t quite capture what is an intensive reworking of the land. To plant a vineyard where there was a forest, first you have to clear-cut all the trees …
Read More »El ‘vino de motosierra’ de Codorníu
Por: Mikel López Iturriaga October 22, 2013 El País blog “El Comidista” La matanza de Sonoma. [excerpt:] Puede que de forma ingenua el vino se asocie al amor por la tierra y al entendimiento con la naturaleza. Cuando piensas en esta bebida, te vienen a la cabeza bucólicas colinas cubiertas por viñas, agricultores con cestos llenos de uvas y pajaritos …
Read More »Interview with Friends of the Gualala River – September, 2012, KGUA
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »State OKs forest-to-vineyard plan in Sonoma County – May 8, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Artesa’s Hired Gun
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Sonoma County adopts hillside vineyard restrictions – April, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Sonoma County timber-to-vineyard conversion headed for approval – April, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Draft rules out on hillside vineyard tree removal in Sonoma County
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Artesa’s controversial timber-to-vineyard plan nears approval
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Interview with Friends of the Gualala River – February, 2012, KGUA
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Stop Wineries from Destroying Redwoods
Friends of the Gualala River and supporters protested and presented the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors with an 18 foot long copy of the 90,000-signature petition opposing the giant redwood forest destroying vineyard conversion projects,Preservation Ranch and Artesa Winery / Annapolis, at the supervisors’ public meeting on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. click to enlarge An 8 foot high walking “Chainsaw Wine” bottle …
Read More »CalPERS vows to push giant Preservation Ranch vineyard project – February, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Moratorium would block some proposed Sonoma County vineyards – January, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Vintage Capital – January, 2012, Financial Advisor magazine
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Sonoma County freezes hillside vineyard conversions – January, 2012, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Into the Woods
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Is Premier Pacific Vineyards Dead?
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
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