New Large Winery Proposed for Hwy 12 at Llano Road!

[Richard Nichols]

Check this out. How much water are we using?


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/..._n_839189.html

On the contrary. This is what it would take regardless of where the grapes are grown. Take notice during harvest; no water is used to move grapes around the state and irrigation is only counted on the estate in question. Wineries use HUGE amounts of water from hosing down the crushpad to cleaning bins to watering down Syrah. I have seen estimates above $39 gallons per glass. And, it's not a zillion gallons as you state. It is at least 320,000,000 gallons IF you exclude their irrigation plan, which seems to have used 376,000,000 gallons of water in 2014. THAT'S WITHOUT A WINERY ON PREMISES. So to answer your closing question - Wrong. This project could easily be the end of the Laguna.

[norcalredtail]

I'm going to be at the City Council with my 8 year old daughter to take a stand for keeping our community in Sebastopol sustainable. That's what we are about in this community, and the winery expansion is not a good fit for this vision. Read Shepherds post below for the meeting info.

Blessings,

Christine Dufond

[Richard Nichols]

There seem to be varying numbers on water use, but they are all huge. Bill used 29 gals, I used 31. Based on the number, 31 per glass, used in piece below, this is what it is for the winery

31 gal per glass X 4 glasses per bottle x 12 bottles per case x 500,000 cases = 744 million gal.

This number might include bottle, label making and cardboard box making, all offsite, but not does include the distillery part of the proposal.

I suspect the developer will say not so, or tell us that they use environmentally sustainable practices.
What we really need is someone like Jane Nielson to give a real picture of what this might mean to groundwater supplies and neighboring wells and how far away effects might be.

Check this out. How much water are we using?


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/..._n_839189.html

[Barry]

I've started a new thread for this proposed project now that the Sebastopol City Council has heard and responded, starting with an excellent article about the meeting by Shepherd Bliss. Please direct all future comments about this project on the new thread. I am closing this thread.

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See the new thread here.