Winemakers and sommeliers for California wildfire relief
Published at Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:27:54 +0000
The wine country fires caused a great deal of damage, that we know. But since the flames come under control and some residents return to their greatly altered lives after evacuations, we’re beginning to get a handle on the magnitude of what happened. Here’s a sad list of 22 wineries damaged by the flames in both Sonoma and Napa. And there’s speculation that undocumented immigrant workers, vital to the system of wine making, might not return because they don’t qualify for disaster aid and a lot of the low-cost home was damaged.
Participating wineries:
ARNOT ROBERTS
DOMAINE DE LA COTE
IDLEWILD WINES
JAIMEE MOTLEY WINES
JOLIE-LAIDE WINES
KOSTA BROWN WINERY
KRATER CELLARS
PAX WINES
SCRIBE WINERY
SAXUM WINERY
BOOKER WINES
RAFT WINES
ROOTDOWN WINES
RUTH LEWANDOWSKI WINES
RYME CELLARS
WIND GAP WINES
SANTA CRUZ WINERIES
DIRTY & ROWDY WINES
DOMAINE DE LA CÔTE
MATTHIASSON WINES
SANDLANDS
HIRSCH VINEYARDS
Sadly, there have been reports of price gouging as well as insurance payouts being insufficient to cover some damage.
Clearly, the regions need a lot of help. As wine consumers is to purchase wine from the regions that are affected. There are an assortment of local charities to contribute too as well. And in the last few days, sommeliers and winemakers have organized a charity tastings to raise funds to assist the wildfire recovery effort. The first will be locally in Healdsburg, also in SF and NYC. I expect these will be attended.
Source: Wine
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