Donelan Wines Fire

Donelan family wines would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all emergency service personnel who have been working tirelessly to keep our people homes businesses and vineyards safe from the tubbs fire.

Donelan wines fire. The family did lose one of their estate vineyards to the fire. Donelan family wines bet on syrah from sonoma from huffington post september 27 2017. Wine as a journey from aspen daily news august 4 2017. The california wildfires in 2017 and 2018 impacted small wineries and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.

On the evening of october 8th a series of fires broke out in california s wine country that engulfed hundreds of thousands of acres in napa sonoma and mendocino counties. The famed 41 year old chateau boswell winery in napa valley california was destroyed during the glass fire on sunday evening according to cnn affiliate kpix. Joe donelan has always talked about his career in wine as a journey but this fall it became more like a nightmare. Donelan wines their winery actually was shockingly unscathed despite being super close to the tubbs fire which destroyed nearby coffey park.

Watch our interview with donelan family wines to learn how with the support of wine drinkers and enthusiasts wineries are thriving and rebuilding post california wildfires. Sign up for emails to stay in the know weekly ads email promotions and more. Sonoma syrah tour from san francisco chronicle august 6 2017. He saw the industrial park at coffey lane in flames blocked off by fire trucks.

In the end the tubbs fire incinerated more than 2 800 buildings in santa rosa but the donelan family winery was not one of them. Family owned amazing wine love their syrahs passaggio wines did not suffer any fire damage. A thankful wine life from aspen daily news november 16 2017. Joe nielsen drove over to donelan family wines where he is the winemaker around 7 30 monday morning.

After the 2017 devastating tubbs fire hit the knights valley the family decided to replant syrah and add grenache mourvèdre viognier and cabernet sauvignon grapes to the mix. The flames pulled up short a block west and two blocks north.