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Land Trust of Napa County announced the completion of two conservation easements protecting almost 200 acres near Mount Veeder, along the Napa-Sonoma county line.
âThe property is in a key location,â said Doug Parker, CEO of the Land Trust. âThe easements are very near each other and are adjacent to other protected land. One abuts the Land Trustâs Archer Taylor Preserve, which we just expanded to almost 400 acres.
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This one is west of the City of Napa along the Sonoma-Napa county line. The other abuts 160 acres of federal Bureau of Land Management land just south of the preserve. Together, these easements are helping to protect scenic views and an important wildlife corridor along the ridge of the Mayacamas Mountains between Napa and Sonoma, Parker said.
illustration: Ariela Basson
Mayacamas: It’s a name most wine lovers know. Tucked in Napa Valley’s Mount Veeder AVA, the winery has been around since 1889 and has become one of the most well-regarded names in California and beyond offering its big-budget bottles twice a year though an exclusive mailing list. Oenophiles around the world revere it, collect it, and age it for decades. But there’s a Mayacamas wine that even the brand’s biggest fans likely haven’t tried.
Mayacamas kosher Cabernet Sauvignon was launched in 2013, the same year that the Schottenstein family became partners in the winery assuming full ownership just four years later. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, the Schottenstein family is Orthodox Jewish. And since they keep kosher adhering to Jewish dietary regulations that satisfy the requirements of Jewish law they don’t actually drink the winery’s award-winning offerings.
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A firefighter runs past flames Oct. 1 while battling the Glass
Fire in a Calistoga vineyard. A local group wants to lease two Fire
Boss rapid-response planes to be based in Napa County that can dump
water on wildfires.
Advocates trying to bring two water-dropping, single-engine planes to Napa County to get a quick jump on fighting wildfires will have their day before the county Board of Supervisors.
Supervisors at their Tuesday meeting said they want the issue of the planes equipped with Fire Boss water systems on a future agenda. The discussion could happen as soon as the April 20 meeting.