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# Napa County Plans Winery Rule Changes
- URL: https://bevnews.net/napa-county-plans-winery-rule-changes/
- Published: 2026-11-09T04:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T04:55:00.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Regulations

Napa County Government, which has been widely criticized as making it unnecessarily difficult to operate a winery successfully in the current environment, is taking the first steps toward making life easier.

The Planning Commission has recommending, and the County Board of Supervisors will consider removal of the "rours and tastings by appointment only rule" that applies to many wineries. Wineries would still be bound by their use permits limits on daily, weekly and annual visitation.

Other changes:

- Micro-wineries could increase production to 10,000 gallons from 5,000.
- Giving wineries increased flexibility to adjust marketing event plans when there are no changes in event visitation levels
- making it easieer from wineries to install electric-car charging stations and bicycle racks.

“This is a modest step that’s going to smooth things out, but were going to need a lot more to weather this storm we’re in the middle of now,” Commissioner Walter Brooks said.

Debra Dommen of Treasury Wine Estates called the proposed rule changes “a tiny baby step.”

Not included in these proposed changes, but ones the council said are worth exploring are allowing wineries to farm and sell other agricultural products in addition to wine, such as flowers and jam, without jumping through costly hoops. Hemp and cannabis would be excluded.