Letters to the Editor

Endangered Species Exactly how many tasting rooms, boutique inns, artisanal dog bakeries and “elevated” farm-to-table experiences can one region absorb before the locals become an inconvenient afterthought? The tri-county area has become a kind of open-air luxury queue. Everywhere you go—Sonoma, Napa, Marin—there are lines. Lines for coffee. Lines for brunch....