Members of Sonoma County’s wine community are watching anxiously as firefighters battle the Point Fire, which broke out June 16.
Smoke blows over the vineyard at Passalacqua Winery as men watch the Point Fire burn in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, June 16, 2024. The Winery didn’t burn in the fire. Wine lovers were watching anxiously Monday as firefighters engaged with a stubborn early-season blaze threatening some of Sonoma’s most famed vineyards.The Point Fire, which had razed some 1,190 acres and was 20 percent contained as of 4 p.m.
That wind and luck may have also helped the greater Bay Area escape a third consecutive Spare the Air alert for Tuesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management Districtissued for the area southwest of Lake Sonoma and Dry Creek included nearly a dozen wineries in the Dry Creek Valley and Healdsburg areas, with evacuation warnings for the area south to Mill Creek Road.
At Healdsburg’s Capo Creek Winery, owner, chef and winemaker Mary Roy said her winery had been evacuated but, so far at least, remained untouched by flames, although a “nice big plume of smoke” on the horizon was a reminder of what could be. A firefighter carries a hose while battling the Point Fire along West Dry Creek Rd. in Healdsburg, Calif. on Sunday, June 16, 2024. and enology program.
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