Donelan Wines Fire

He saw the industrial park at coffey lane in flames blocked off by fire trucks.

Donelan wines fire. 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. 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. The family did lose one of their estate vineyards to the fire. Joe judge joe nielsen joe and cushing donelan at the judge vineyard in sonoma.

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 2017 tubbs fire. A thankful wine life from aspen daily news november 16 2017.

The flames pulled up short a block west and two blocks north. Family owned amazing wine love their syrahs passaggio wines did not suffer any fire damage. Sign up for emails to stay in the know weekly ads email promotions and more. 10 american wines for the thanksgiving table from forbes november 21 2017.

Donelan family wines bet on syrah from sonoma from huffington post september 27 2017. Joe nielsen drove over to donelan family wines where he is the winemaker around 7 30 monday morning. Sonoma syrah tour from san francisco chronicle august 6 2017. Donelan wines their winery actually was shockingly unscathed despite being super close to the tubbs fire which destroyed nearby coffey park.

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. 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.