Check out this press release, reprinted on the Wine Industry Advisor (“Renowned International Winemaker Files Lawsuit Against Napa County over Denial of Water Rights“), noting that “winemaker of some of the world’s most sought-after wines” has sued the County in federal court for a regulatory taking, because it denied well permits after Woodbridge refused to agree to a “strict limit on the water that could be drawn annually from each well, a restriction that does not apply to existing wells[.]”
Want to follow along? Here’s the complaint, and here’s the docket report. Here’s a report on the case from Courthouse News (“Heralded winemaker sues Napa County over water wells“).
We may have to do a “site visit” soon, just to be sure these reports are accurate. Just think if this involved our favorite label, Eminent Domaine!