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Napa biz buzz: Piña Napa Valley announces next generation of owners.

The notice came to Green and Red Vineyard in early spring: its insurer had declined to renew the winery’s property insurance policy, citing the high risk of wildfire. “It flipped us out, not having insurance — especially going into harvest this year,” Ray Hannigan, the winery’s general counsel and husband of owner Tobin Heminway, told California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara at Castello di Amorosa on Monday. Hannigan and his wife had subsequently cobbled together ...