Supervisors Forgo Immediate Action on Wine Country Plan

RIVERSIDE - With too many unresolved issues remaining, Riverside County supervisors today postponed action on the expansive Temecula Valley Wine Country Plan, seeking instead to have elements of the proposal re-examined by the county Planning Commission before another board hearing on the matter, tentatively scheduled for Dec. 3.

Supervisor Jeff Stone, whose Third District encompasses the 19,000-acre swath at the heart of the plan, cited multiple concerns, including a basic definition of what qualifies as a vineyard, limits on the amount of outdoor activity that should be permitted at wine clu...