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Blunt economics: Is a strong local cannabis industry viable?
The Sonoma County cannabis industry is continuing to falter despite a recent cut to local…
Great Tastes
Chenoweth Wines, ride the vine in Sebastopol
A visit to Chenoweth Wines is like stepping back into Sonoma County history. The family has been on this land for more than 170 years—seven generations (so far). “We are, at the moment, the second-longest continuing farming…
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Tariffs’ effect on tourism and wine industry
I recently wrote about tariffs, focusing on what tariffs do and are meant to do. The imposition and expansion of U.S. tariffs on the world in general brought theory home in practice quickly. For example, the U.S. wine industry…
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Palm Wine: Catching lightning in a bottle
From Africa to Sri Lanka, India to the Caribbean, wherever palm trees grow, their sap has been harvested for millennia to create an ancient and elusive elixir: palm wine. The process of tapping palms to produce this drink approximates…
