Wine Spectator: Fast-Moving Wildfire Erupts in Napa, Striking Another Blow to 2020 Harvest
September 28, 2020“Brutal” and “relentless” were the words one California winemaker used after receiving evacuation alerts early yesterday morning. The Glass fire, which ignited just before 4am Sunday near the community of Deer Park, quickly spread to the eastern foothills between Calistoga and St. Helena in the heart of Napa Valley; it had burned 2,500 acres, with 0% containment as of 9:35pm PDT.
St. Helena’s Château Boswell has fallen victim to the fire. Photos show the winery, which is just across the Silverado Trail from Rombauer winery and a mile north of Duckhorn, engulfed in flames.
The fast-moving fire triggered evacuations east of the Silverado Trail, including a local hospital, Meadowood Resort, Calistoga Ranch, and multiple wineries and vineyards. “It burned right up to the tasting room doors,” Mending Wall co-owner and winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown told Wine Spectator. He said that there were still 10 tons of grapes hanging on the estate’s vines in the northeast corner of the St. Helena appellation, all of which will now be lost. “We will definitely be putting it on the ground,” he lamented. Wine Spectator has more.—Aaron Romano
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