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Napa and Sonoma Update 2018: After the Fires
27.07.2023 - 18:12 / smartertravel.com
“There’s nothing wrong with that view,” says Annette McDonnell with honest pride from her vantage point at the Paradise Ridge wine tasting room in the small Sonoma town of Kenwood. Out the window, dormant grapevines soak up sun above a sea of bright yellow wild mustard flowers. Beyond the vineyards, the fire-scarred hills are developing a hint of green as winter grass stakes the first claim of renewal after the fires swept through the area in October 2017.
Just months after the seven Wine Country wildfires burned upwards of 100,000 acres, killing more than 40 people and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, locals in Napa and Sonoma aren’t papering over the tragedy. They’re both claiming these ashes and rising from them. And they’re inviting visitors back to celebrate the strength of the region.
Visitors Return After the FiresDepending on where your Wine Country adventure takes you in Napa and Sonoma, you may not see the fire scars. Napa’s valley floor and over 90 percent of Sonoma were unaffected. But talk to locals at tasting rooms, restaurants, and hotels, and you’ll hear the chorus of stories—a song celebrating countless individual acts of bravery and kindness. Of neighbors helping neighbors during and after the fires; hotels hosting fire refugees; grape growers and winemakers helping each other save the vital lifeline of the year’s harvest; and even how the moist soil of vineyards acted as fire lines, protecting neighborhoods and towns from the determined path of the fires.
Here’s a look at how Napa and Sonoma were affected by the fires, and how they’re bouncing back with new openings and big events this year.
Napa After the FiresWhile the Wine Country fires were devastating for locals, most visitors to Napa are hard-pressed to see signs of the impact. No hotels in Napa County burned down, and the majority of the Valley’s 400-plus wineries resumed operations within days after the fires. The floor of the Napa Valley—where most of the towns, hotels, and wine tasting rooms are clustered—remained almost entirely untouched by damage.
Downtown Napa continues its trajectory on the path to becoming the Napa Valley’s beating heart with a new hotel, restaurant, and tasting room openings, plus fresh offerings at the recently opened Culinary Institute of America outpost at Copia. The recently opened boutique Archer Hotel brings elegant new rooms; a soon-to-launch rooftop bar, spa, and ledge pool; and a destination restaurant by celebrity chef Charlie Palmer. Nearby, the River Terrace Inn added eight guest rooms along with a new restaurant, ALBA.
Other recent openings around Napa include Ashes & Diamonds, a winery that stands apart with its eclectic mid-century modern design and eye toward
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