Barry Eberling

3 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

A planned winery called The Winery at Mount Veeder could have been called the winery inside Mount Veeder. The 25,000-gallon-a-year winery is intended to combine production, barrel storage and offices inside a yet-to-be-built winery cave. Plans also include a hospitality pavilion with an outdoor deck. “I like the fact the winery is underground,” Planning Commissioner Kara Brunzell said.

3 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Planned changes to The Wright Corner in the rural Carneros region are all right with Napa County. Kerry Smith secured approval to open a beer-and-wine tavern, a mercantile store with wine tastings and an eight-room guest inn. The 2.35-acre site at Old Sonoma Road and Old Sonoma Highway currently has an art gallery. The Planning Commission approved the project on Wednesday, June 4, after Smith cleared up an issue involving the Swainson’s hawk that delayed a commission decision in April.

3 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

One of Napa County's more controversial new vineyard proposals of recent years – Le Colline, near Angwin in the mountains northeast of St. Helena – is returning in a slimmer form. Dave DiCesaris has filed a revised erosion control plan application with the county to create vineyards. Once again, the project site is a portion of the 88 acres at 300 Cold Springs Road on the slopes of Howell Mountain.

3 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Napa County plans to turn its $17 million re-entry facility — completed five years ago and never used for its original criminal justice purpose — into the new Behavioral Health Treatment Center. The 72-bed facility along Highway 221 had a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2019. It was to house selected inmates nearing the end of their sentences and provide programs designed to help them avoid ending up back in jail. But it never served a single inmate.

3 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Linda Colin Jurado is aiming for a high-powered career that helps empower others. The senior in American Canyon High School's Class of 2025 plans to attend Princeton University to major in psychology or politics. She wants to be a civil rights lawyer. "To me, it would be very significant if I could help somebody who doesn't have the opportunities to speak up for themself," she said. Get ready, world; a burst of energy is heading your way.