We can’t thank you enough for the outpouring of love and support we received over the harrowing week-long ordeal of the Glass Fire. We are finally able to announce, with tremendous relief, that our winery and ranch in Calistoga is safe! We are so relieved for Joseph Cellars (where we make & cellar our wines and host guests), and Heidi’s client wineries Lamborn Family Vineyards, and Fantesca Estate Winery, who all faced fire on their properties and miraculously prevailed – we owe it ALL to the heroic CalFire crews – as well as some good fortune with the weather (red flag winds never really showed up as predicted, thank goodness!)
It has been an unbelievable couple of years in our little Valley. Our hearts ache for our neighbors, friends and colleagues who lost everything this week, on top of the awful fire & smoke season preceding it. We all carry scars within us – anyone who has been through one (or more) of these fires knows – it changes you in a deep way. Through it all, our Wine Country community is strong. Since the fires of 2017, we have had a profound sense of gratitude for the people we love, the land we love, the livelihood we love… our Home. This week has brought that all to the forefront again in the most urgent way. We can’t know what the future will bring, but we do know, we will keep going – and where we go, we go together.
Thank you all so much – and most of all, THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS!