Amended in Assembly April 15, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 7, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 9

Introduced by Assembly Member Daly

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Dickinson, Donnelly, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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February 20, 2013

House Resolution No. 9—Relative to historic vineyards.

WHEREAS, California’s living and producing historic vineyards
that were planted in the late 19th century through the mid-20th
century still make a significant contribution to the state’s economy
and reputation as a global wine growing region; and

WHEREAS, Historic vineyards are found throughout California,
east from the Sierra foothills and San Joaquin County, west to the
Sonoma coast, north to Mendocino, and south to the Cucamonga
Valley; and

WHEREAS, Historic vineyards are beautiful and treasured
survivors that have lived through the ravages of phylloxera,
economic downturns, consumer popularity fluctuations, and in
many cases, prohibition and world wars; and

WHEREAS, These historic vineyards provide an important
living repository for wine grape budwood and genetic material;
and

WHEREAS, Historic vineyards often provide a living window
on past vineyard practices including, but not limited to,
head-trained vines and dry farming; and

WHEREAS, The interplanted field blends of grape varieties
that were a common practice of the immigrant farmers who planted
California vineyards in the past characterize an era of agricultural
practice and impart wine attributes that are uniquely Californian;
and

WHEREAS, Fragile older vines are often less productive than
younger vines and can require special care to maintain; and

WHEREAS, Most historic vineyards are family owned and exist
by virtue of the passion of their caretakers; and

WHEREAS, The wine made from California’s historic vineyards
continues to delight wine lovers throughout the world and imparts
prestige to the state as a place to live, work, and visit; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the contribution of California’s living historic
vineyards to the agricultural and social heritage of the state as well
as to the enjoyment of wine enthusiasts throughout California and
the world; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.