Shaken by 2014 quake, Napa winery again standing tall

May 1, 2017

(SFChronicle) - Aug. 23, 2014, was the busiest day Trefethen had seen all summer. Harvest at the Oak Knoll winery was in full, chaotic swing, oozing juices of Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Trefethen’s tasting room was packed that day, buzzing with visitors who had come to see the Napa Valley at its most exhilarating time of year.

No one knew how much excitement Napa was really about to get: At 3:20 a.m. the following morning came a 6.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest the Bay Area had seen since 1989.

Moments later, Hailey Trefethen rushed to Oak Knoll from her home in the city of Napa with only one thing on her mind: the property’s McIntyre Winery building, constructed in 1886 and lacking the seismic retrofitting that now is required.


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