“Woah 50,000 acres in several areas burning...Yikes eh gonna guess that wine prices are going up.”
What a waste of grapes.
I hear ya...
Someone posted the acreage has now gone up to 65,000 acres :(
I love Sonoma wine :( eh maybe should say loved ;(
There are high heavily forested north-south ridges that separate the valleys in wine country. I believe most of the fires are in the hills below the ridges and on the ridges themselves. The fires generate strong uplift winds that carry the fire to the top. I don’t know how much danger the vineyards are in. The area covered by vineyards is immense!
Napa Valley AVA. 225,300 acres of land. Encompasses almost the entire county of Napa and is home to 400 wineries. Within that area, there are 45,000 acres of vineyards
The appellation of Sonoma County totals more than one million acres of land of which 60,000 acres area planted to winegrapes. The county includes 13 distinct AVAs as well as being a part of the North Coast AVA. The larger Sonoma Coast AVA has 517,000 acres. Sonoma County is 52 miles wide and 47 miles long and is currently home to 260 wineries.
Mendocino is an approved American Viticultural Area with 275,200 acres. The total area planted to vineyards is 16,700 acres.
The western portion of Lake County comprises the North Coast AVA. It encompasses the Clear Lake AVA, which in itself has 168,900 acres of land, the Red Hills Lake County AVA, and High Valley AVA. Within Lake County, a total of 8,530 acres are planted to winegrapes.
So, vineyard areas:
Napa - 45,000 acres
Sonoma - 60,000 acres
Mendocino - 17,000 acres
Lake - 9,000 acres