Santa Rosa burning down in wildfire ----

Bottle Barn was right in the path - a KMart half a mile upwind burned down.

Any news on Bottle Barn?

Russian River downtown seemed likely to be ok.

Any news on any beer things affected by the fire?

Wine. Big time. Not cool.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/09/maps-napa-wildfire-santa-rosa-evacuation-area/

Some evacuation around Kenwood - which makes good wine - but I'm not thinking vineyards are all that flammable. Hope I'm not wrong.

If a wildfire hits a vineyard it will burn. Quickly I’d suspect.

And you'd assume the soil around it ruined from the smoke either way.

Originally posted by TheHOFF43
If a wildfire hits a vineyard it will burn. Quickly I’d suspect.

Leaves don’t need to be dry on vines. Wildfires can destroy river beds with lush green trees/grass. Not sure why you think non-flammables would really matter. They’d need to be very far from any sparks/smoke/etc

Originally posted by DietPepsican
And you'd assume the soil around it ruined from the smoke either way.

Oh my god, horrible day in Santa Rosa. Several people who I'd worked with had their homes destroyed, were evacuated and/or are in the path of an uncontained fire. One of the hotels we looked at doing RateBeer Best is totally destroyed. A park I used to take my son to and the neighborhood surrounding it is now gray smoking ash. The radio station where I worked has had great coverage all day. Awaiting to hear something on one of our food vendors, a friend who built his business from a hot dog cart and built his restaurant with his own hands. Hisplace is right there in Kensington next to a winery I know burned to the ground.

Very very sad.

Looks like Napa vineyards got hit really hard.

This is terrible. Checking in with friends all day long.

Damn. Horrible

Update from BV:

As you have likely heard, our region of California was impacted today by wild fires. The winery’s focus is on ensuring all of our employees are safe and we are not sending people in harm’s way. The local fire crews and authorities are doing their best to work on containing the fires.
At this stage, there is limited damage to our infrastructures and sites, however the fires are ongoing and we still have limited access to all of our different assets. The majority of our vineyards are not presently in the direct fire zones.
Thank you very much for the concern and outreach you have shown us. We send everyone in our valley heartfelt wishes for safety and good health. The winery was closed today and will remain closed tomorrow as it is not safe to add to the congestion in the area.

BV is towards the south of the general wine area. So this may not reflect the general situation.