The Glass Fire â one of two wildfires to have ravaged Napa County this year â may have cost Napa Valleyâs wine industry as much as $1 billion in losses. And there may be yet a higher price to pay â perhaps an incalculable one â if the region cannot stanch yet another destructive fire season this coming year, experts say.
Though isolated wildfires are of course damaging, stakeholders fear the real hit to the regionâs reputation among prospective visitors will come from repetitive fire seasons. Fire season over the last half decade in Napa Valley has been a fraught time of year; serious wildfires have forced evacuations and destroyed homes and businesses three of the last six years.
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Gary’s Wine & Marketplace Owners Gary and Liz Fisch Supports the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund with $25,000 Donation
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The contribution assists the Napa Valley Community Foundation in their efforts to combat the devastating effects of the Glass Fire in Northern California
Gary s Wine & Marketplace SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) December 21, 2020 Following the devastating Glass Fire that impacted tens of thousands of acres of wine country, Gary’s Wine & Marketplace owners Gary and Liz Fisch donated $25,000 to Napa Valley Community Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund. Gary’s Wine & Marketplace began as a small wine shop in New Jersey in 1987 and has since grown to be one of the largest fine wine businesses in the New York metropolitan area with a fifth store in Napa Valley, California. With his long standing connections in the industry, Gary rallied his colleagues across the U.S. to support r