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Fire-damaged Hagafen Cellars kosher winery reopens tasting room

October 16, 2017 from the Jewish News of Northern California:

"The tasting room reopened this morning at Hagafen Cellars, the only kosher winery in the Napa Valley and Sonoma, although the property sustained heavy damage last week from the Atlas Peak fire."
"Flames had ripped through the property on the southern portion of the Silverado Trail, destroying several buildings and virtually all of the winery’s agricultural equipment — tractors, a forklift and even the crushing pad. About an acre of the winery’s 12 acres of vineyards was burned, although thankfully, the grapes had been harvested."
"Unfortunately, he added, now there’s no equipment available to process them."
"Hagafen didn’t lose any of its inventory, which was safely stored inside the main winery building, although the impact on the 2017 vintage is yet to be determined."