The notice came to Green and Red Vineyard in early spring: its insurer had declined to renew the wineryâs property insurance policy, citing the high risk of wildfire.
âIt flipped us out, not having insurance â especially going into harvest this year,â Ray Hannigan, the wineryâs 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 âa patchworkâ of insurance, he told Lara, but the winery and its tanks remain uninsured.
âThe question is whether anything can be done to expedite (help) for us as weâre awaiting harvest, about to fill our tanks with wine,â Hannigan said.