Members of Sonoma County’s wine community are watching anxiously as firefighters battle the Point Fire, which broke out June 16.
A firefighter sprays water on a burning outbuilding as the Point Fire spreads along West Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, Calif., on Sunday, June 16, 2024.
Mary Roy, owner, chef and winemaker at Capo Creek, one of the wineries in the evacuation zone, said this morning that there remains a “nice big plume of smoke” on the horizon, but so far her winery remains intact, and people seem to be complying with the evacuation orders. “It’s hard to survive in the wine business already to begin with,” she said. “Then all these little things happen.”Historically, vineyards act as natural fire breaks, according to experts at UC Davis’ viticulture and enology program. “Grapevines are very resilient and do not burn easily,” the department. But several devastating, wind-fueled wine country fires, including the 2017 Atlas Peak and 2020 Glass fires, wiped out numerous wineries in the region and burned several to the ground.
In addition, their tasting room is closed today, which makes it easier to evacuate should the need arise, he said. “You don’t have that additional overhead of making sure customers get out first.”
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