Fire Resources for Wineries

In addition to business and financial resources for wineries and their employees, this page also includes offers of vintner-to-vintner assistance and production information to help you with your winemaking needs.

For general/community fire resource information, visit our Napa Valley 2017 Fire Resources web page.

We will continue to update NVV members as information becomes available.

Talking About the Fires – suggestions to help you communicate about the fires with your audiences.

Napa County Information

• Read the Disaster Rebuilding Policy, adopted October 24

Vintner-to-Vintner Help

Many in the wine community have offered to help. Here are some ways you can connect:

• NVV Members Only Facebook Group
• #CAWINESTRONG, AVA groups from around the state - fellow vintners and their employees - have assembled to offer equipment, facilities, labor, housing, food, etc. to assist North Coast vintners affected by the fires.  
  List of Available Resources

Production and Worker Safety

• FAQs about PhosCheck Fire Retardant
• CAL OSHA Advisory – Worker Health & Safety During Fire Cleanup
• Be Prepared for Hazardous Wildfire Recovery Conditions

• Smoke and Wine:

  • Fruition Sciences blog concerning “Smoke and Grape”
  • U.C. Davis fact sheet on the effects of fire on winemaking
  • Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research: Effect of Smoke Application to Field-grown Merlot Grapevines
  • ETS Labs: Smoke Taint in Grapes and Wine
  • Scott Laboratories: Red Winemaking with Grapes Affected by Smoke
  • Enartis: Managing Smoke Affected Grapes
  • Mavrik North America: Smoke and Wildfires – What Do We Know?
  
  
• Wine Industry Network has collected a number of resources related to fire recovery. View them here.

Land and Vineyard Restoration/Erosion Control

• The winterization deadline for erosion control plans has been extended
• Emergency Watershed Protection brochure from the Resource Conservation District
• Preparing for Winter following a fire (topline tips)
• Preparing for Winter following a fire (Napa specific, detailed version)
• Do’s and Don’ts for property restoration after the fires
• Napa County Ag Protection areas affected by fire

Help For Your Business and Your Employees

• Employment and Unemployment Information:

  • Unemployment Claims Information, Employment Development Department
  • Employment Law information from Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty
  • Federal Disasters & Employer Assistance: California Wildfire Relief, from Price Waterhouse
  • FAQs for Employers, Northern California Fire Lawyers
  • Provide Tax-free Relief to Your Employees, Moss Adams
  • What About My Job? Tips for Employees, Northern California Fire Lawyers
  
  

• TTB, ABC and Taxes:

  • Regulatory Agency Disaster Relief Resources at a Glance, from Hinman & Carmichael
  • Governor Brown signs executive order granting relief for licensees affected by fires
  • North Bay Fires: Information for ABC Licensees, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Waiver of Excise Tax Penalties, from TTB. See also TTB’s When Disaster Strikes and Disaster Relief pages.
  • IRS Tax Relief, Internal Revenue Service
  • The CA State Board of Equalization (BOE) has a Disaster Relief FAQs page for information pertaining to California Property Taxes, in addition to info on tax relief for many BOE administered programs: State of Emergency Tax Relief
  • Local property taxes and disaster relief, from the Napa County Assessor's office
  • Tax Tips, Northern California Fire Lawyers
  
  

• The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help you recover from vineyard loss, even if you don’t have crop insurance:

  • Learn more about USDA Disaster Assistance.
  • If you are insured, contact your crop insurance agent ASAP.
  • For more information on how to file a crop insurance claim, read this guide, published by the USDA.
  
  

• Insurance Claims:

  • What You Need to Know About Commercial Claims, California Department of Insurance.
  • Residential Property Claims Guide, California Department of Insurance.
  • Fire Damage Insurance Claims Tips from a firm of Public Insurance Adjusters.
  • Avoiding Post-Disaster Fraud, tips from the California Department of Insurance.
  • Insurance Claims Tips, Northern California Fire Lawyers
  
  

• Financing and Loans:

  • Small Business Administration - Disaster Loan Information
  • California IBank: Low-interest and state-guaranteed business loans
  • CalCap: Small-business and state-guaranteed loans
  • Working Solutions: Small business micro loans
  
  

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We have also assembled a list of vendors who have expressed a willingness to help. While we have confirmed these services are available through these organizations, please understand the NVV does not endorse these companies.

Equipment Rentals

• Hotsy-Pacific is offering FREE equipment rentals to those affected by the fires.
  Pressure washers, steamers, floor cleaners
  Visit hotsypacific.net for information or call 800.640.1277
  
  
• Dahl's Equipment Rental Inc. - Generators
  1110 N 10th St
  San Jose, CA 95112
  (408) 643-0951
  www.dahlsrental.com
  
  
• AAA Rentals Redwood City - Generators
  82 5th Avenue
  Redwood City, CA
  (650) 365-6743
  www.aaarentalsredwoodcity.com
  
  
• Oakland Rentals - Generators
  2969 MacArthur Blvd
  Oakland, CA 92025
  (510) 482-5545
  www.toolrentalplace.com
  
  

Fire and Smoke Damage Clean Up

• SERVPRO of Napa County
  P.O. Box 10129
  American Canyon, CA 94503
  (707) 226-2181
  www.servpronapacounty.com
  
  
• ServiceMaster Of Napa/Vallejo/Benicia
  5431 Napa Vallejo Hwy
  American Canyon, CA 94503
  (707) 509-8296
  www.servicemasterrestore.com
  
  
• Bay Area Water & Smoke Damage Restoration
  (707) 224-4033
  2795 Redwood Rd.
  Napa, CA 94558
  www.bayareawaterandsmoke.com