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Six thousand charred dead trees. Two years. That’s what needs to be cleared and removed at Napa’s Newton Vineyard, and how long it’s likely to take. And then there s the winery to rebuild. “We need to take [the dead trees] out for risk of falling and causing further damage, while balancing that removal against erosion control. The cost to do just that is several million dollars,” says estate director Jean-Baptiste Rivail. The Newton property was heavily damaged in the 2020 wine-country wildfires. Its location on Spring Mountain a curving, winding, altitude-changing mix of exposures and slopes makes it among the most difficult to farm in Napa Valley. Add drought on top of all that and just getting a new vineyard established would be difficult here, let alone having to clear the burned material out before replanting. ....
Soot on the base of a vine post-fire in Cornell Vineyards. Photo by Matt Morris. “The Gamble fire came from the north, 15-10 from the south, and Hennessey from the west they all came here and partied,” says Craig Becker, the proprietor of Somerston Estate in Napa, Calif. The 1,682-acre property saw approximately 1,400 acres of damage, including the loss of 20,000 vines during the LNU Lightning Complex Fire. Becker is just one of many growers whose vines were damaged during the 2020 wildfires at the peak of harvest. Now, at the start of the 2021 growing season, California’s vintners are once again bracing for another potentially difficult year: Drought emergencies have already been declared in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. ....