Bill Hocker | Jul 23, 2015 on: APAC

Many writings have managed to make their way on to this site, beyond the books on the resource page, that are thoughtful reading for anyone trying to come to grips with the impact of tourism in the vineyards. I have begun to collect them here:

1990 WDO
1989 Grand Jury report on the proposed WDO
2015 Grand Jury Report on winery compliance
2010 WDO modifications
Correspondence concerning 2010 WDO modificaitons
Mark Luce: why should wineries continue to be allowed?
R.W. Butler: Tourist area life cycles
H.K. Rothmen: Tourism and the post-industrial world
George Caloyannidis: Napa at the crossroads
George Caloyannidis: The data-based death spiral
George Caloyannidis: The cost of tourism
George Caloyannidis: DTC boondoggle
George Caloyannidis: Tourism's Faustian Deal
George Caloyannidis: Does tourism really pay for itself?
Dan McFadden: Protecting agriculture and the Napa brand
James Conaway: Napa Valley and the Jeffersonian ideal
Napa Broadcasting: An interview with James Conaway
Norma Tofanelli: How much is too much?
Shepherd Bliss: Sour grapes in wine country
Geoff Ellsworth: Agriculture versus hospitality
Geoff Ellsworth: Urbanization by over visitation
Sandra Ericson: Selling tickets not wine in the Napa Valley
Anne Carr: Don't sell out to greed and profit
Kelly Wheaton: Enough is enough already on winery development