Joe donelan has always talked about his career in wine as a journey but this fall it became more like a nightmare.
Donelan wines fire.
Donelan family wines bet on syrah from sonoma from huffington post september 27 2017.
Family owned amazing wine love their syrahs passaggio wines did not suffer any fire damage.
Joe nielsen drove over to donelan family wines where he is the winemaker around 7 30 monday morning.
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.
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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.
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.
The 2017 tubbs 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.
The flames pulled up short a block west and two blocks north.
A thankful wine life from aspen daily news november 16 2017.
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.
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.
He saw the industrial park at coffey lane in flames blocked off by fire trucks.
The family did lose one of their estate vineyards to the fire.