Vineyards in the Red Hills Lake County wine region, seen from Mount Konocti's Wright Peak on May 11, 2024. The general view does not identify the Gallo parcels in this story. Photo by Chalandray via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Lake County supervisors approved a 54% cut in the 2025-26 taxable value of 20 Gallo vineyard parcels after the county assessor found most of the vines had been removed and the rest weren't being watered.
By Roger Coryell ·
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