Current tenants at the park include Ganau America, a wine cork producer, and Laura Chenel's Chèvre, the high-end goat cheese producer. The proposed facility would be a merger of two parcels of land at the Carneros Business Park, a 53-acre industrial park located just north of Highway 121 on Eighth Street East, adjacent to Sonoma Sky Park. Water would be on the mind of every SVCAC member during the entire meeting. Pons' remark about water set the stage for the rest of the meeting, which included a presentation by Nicholas Dilorio, of LandPlan Company, on behalf of New Komiza. She ended with a plea to not forget concerns of rural character and water usage. 'We have to weed out the problems in certain areas before this application is submitted,' Pons said regarding the impending review of the New Komiza winery. She said her concerns were amplified given that summer and fall, wine tourism's busiest time, are just around the corner. Pons said she's frustrated that policies regarding winery events - to deal with size, music and noise – have seemingly been pushed to the wayside due to the urgency of the recent cannabis ordinances. She took her time during the SVCAC meeting to reprise concerns about the continued increase in wineries in county-designated areas of concentration, such as the Valley. Pons has been an outspoken critic of wine tourism-related expansion. The meeting launched with public comments from Kathy Pons, president of the Valley of the Moon Alliance, a neighborhood group which keeps tabs on local development projects. The SVCAC ruling carries no official weight, but its stamp of approval could be taken into consideration if and when the project heads to the county Planning Commission. The facility would be operated by New Komiza, LLC, the company behind Sonoma's Scribe Winery. One of the nicest winery’s and wine.Water was the word March 22 as the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission, in a 5-4 vote, narrowly gave its blessing to a proposal for a new 40,000-square-foot, 150,000-case wine-production facility at the Carneros Business Park in Sonoma's Eighth Street East warehouse district. I have to say this was a genuinely wonderful experience and I would definitely recommend to anyone staying in or passing through the area. Again, once presented with our wonderful spread, we were left to enjoy our time in the tranquility of the estate. The wine tasting was completed in a leisurely manner and we were left to enjoy each wine after being told about it.įollowing on from the tasting we enjoyed a picnic with a delicious spread and a bottle of wine of our choice. She was extremely friendly and approachable. Our host was absolutely wonderful and full of knowledge. Our favourite being the Valpolicella Ripasso! Each wine was described fully along with the processes and time to produce. We chose one white and three red, all delightful. Once complete we returned for the wine tasting where we chose 4 wines to sample. We were firstly taken on a tour of the estate with a glass of brut in hand, receiving an informative introduction to OnePio wines along with information relating to their other vineyards including Villa San Pietro. We enjoyed a silver wine tasting experience and PicNic. We arrived late due to transport issues but we’re welcomed regardless. What a fantastic afternoon spent at OnePio. One of the girls recommended a restaurant in desenzano for our last night and it was superb!! This experience is NOT TO BE MISSED when in lake garda. When we finished they rang us a taxi to get back to desenzano and were told the wait was 25 mins, we were then offered another glass of wine on the house while we waited which was such a lovely touch. We were given a quick tour of the vineyard and the owner happily answered any questions we had. It was such a relaxed atmosphere we were not rushed once throughout the time and we were there approx 3 hours. We had a private room and once we choose the wine to taste we were left alone to enjoy it and chat and then when our guide came back in we spoke about the wine. We opted for the gold package and got to sample 8 delicious wines with cheeses, meats, crackers and almond cake to finish. The girls here Iilare, Laura, Frederika were so friendly and knowledgeable. This was an AMAZING EXPERIENCE, went with 2 friends one who wasn't drinking and that was no issue at all.
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