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California wine country faces coronavirus, smoke and fires – Los Angeles Times
Environment Sep 30, 2020
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The owners of the Castello di Amorosa winery spent $40 million recreating a 13th century Tuscan castle in Napa Valley, replete with stone turrets and towers, and a small drawbridge.When the Glass fire hit Amorosa and other Napa wineries Sunday and Monday, it did little damage to the front of the castle. But it badly scorched the back building and heated up a stone wall on a processing facility where thousands of wine bottles were stored, many now ruined.