Donelan Wines Fire

Donelan family wines is located in an industrial section of northern santa rosa directly across the street from the coffey park.

Donelan wines fire.

Two wineries i work closely with were in the line of 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. 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. Joe nielsen drove over to donelan family wines where he is the winemaker around 7 30 monday morning.

The california wildfires in 2017 and 2018 impacted small wineries and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. And waves of glowing magma welded and cooled her soul into place. The 2017 tubbs fire. An insider s view on the california wine country fires this exclusive interview with joe donelan of donelan family wines recounts the devastation to the landscape and the hope that springs from.

Joe donelan has always talked about his career in wine as a journey but this fall it became more like a nightmare. And there you have it. He saw the industrial park at coffey lane in flames blocked off by fire trucks. With both the donelan s careful attention to ripeness and the land s cool atmosphere in the crosshairs the kobler family vineyard wines come out structured yet free releasing distinct flavors with a sniper s precision and the layered impact of an explosion.

Just chimneys and burned out cars and cooked trees. Curators of the earth. We are deeply saddened by the loss of life in our community but we are thankful to report that our staff and. It looks like a bombing run joe nielsen the winemaker at donelan family wines in sonoma county said in an interview with sfgate.

Over the last 10 months we have been busy at obsidian vineyard says joe donelan on the rehabilitation of the estate vineyard. Summer resident joe donelan s winery emerges from the deadliest fire in california history. 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. Sign up for emails to stay in the know weekly ads email promotions and more.