Dutchess County Clerk Bradford Kendall said the law's provision that the county process all the forms from permit holders seeking to opt out of having their status public could bog down his staff and cost county taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The founder eventually took Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates south to Sonoma County, but a big part of his success was recognizing that California's "coastal" wine belt was a 480-kilometer-long affair.
Mr Kendall, Brecon and Radnorshire AM Kirsty Williams, county councillor Garry Banks and chamber of commerce chair Rosamund Black met officials from the bank recently.