Save the Family Farms is trying to get its micro-producer, mom-and-pop wine world proposals on Napa Countyâs 2021 âto-doâ list.
Members first approached the Board of Supervisors publicly more than two years ago. They say grape growers producing small amounts of wine should be able to hold wine tastings on their farms without building a winery â perhaps at a picnic table near vineyards.
Without a solution, small family farms will cease to exist, said Ken Nerlove, who owns vineyards near Jameson Canyon and makes his Elkhorn Peak wines offsite.
âThat would be a shame, because most of us remember how it started: small,â he recently told the Board of Supervisors. âThe small guys made this valley. Without the small guy, Napa Valley will lose its soul.â