Maria Preciado misses her daughter Sandra.

Is Napa Valley losing millions of dollars to Sonoma County and other locations by limiting weddings and other events at wineries, or is it helping to preserve its most valuable asset, agriculture?

With wineries taking multi-million dollar hits on their inventory and momentum in the marketplace, last week's warehouse fire in Vallejo may be a boon to members of the legal profession in much the same way a Calistoga winery fire was a few years ago.

A half-cent transportation sales tax planned for the June ballot will be going to Napa County and its five cities for a vote of support over the next four weeks.

At least 23 Napa Valley wineries -- maybe more -- lost millions of dollars worth of wine in the Oct. 12 warehouse fire in Vallejo, but the effects of the fire will be felt by the wine industry for years to come, according to wine business analysts.