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September 9, 2014

Green roofs blossom in wine country

  • They help maintain the right temperature for storing wine.
    • By MICHELLE LOCKE
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Eric Risberg [enlarge]
    The roof of Odette Estate winery combines 8,500 square feet of planted space with 2,500 square feet of solar panels. Inside is a large, low-velocity fan but no AC, except in recycled shipping containers that house the winery offices and lab.

    NAPA, Calif. — It's a warm day in the Napa Valley and the summer sun that turns the region's plump grapes into prized cabernet sauvignon is beating down on the Odette Estate winery.


     
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