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Localities such as Fauquier County have been too heavyhanded about events, which are the biggest money-maker for wineries, Albo said.
Tareq Salahi, who owns Oasis Winery in Hume, brought to Albo’s attention a proposed local ordinance that would require wineries to get a permit for groups of 26 people or more.
“He has a 110-acre winery. It (the local regulation) includes private parties, so if he wanted to have Thanksgiving dinner for his family, he’d have to get a special use permit under their proposed ordinance. When I saw that, I said, This is just unbelievable,’ “ Albo said.
However, delegates who voted against the bill said local governments, not Richmond legislators, should decide what is right for wineries — and their neighbors.
“Those decisions are best made at the local level,” said Delegate Clifford L. “Clay” Athey Jr., R-Warren, a former Front Royal mayor who represents part of Fauquier County.
James Conaway, editor of Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and author of books on the California wine country, said the bill will allow events that will ruin the reputation of Virginia wines.
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