(SFChronicle) - Once you saw the photograph, you couldn’t unsee it.

It became one of the iconic images of October’s Wine Country fires: Signorello Estate, a stately building perched on a Napa hill, with wild flames escaping through the terraces and windows — soon to be entirely consumed. Below the orange glow is the silhouette of a lone figure, in retreat.

It took winery owner Ray Signorello Jr. just three days after the Atlas Peak Fire had passed to announce his plans to rebuild the destroyed structures, which included the tasting room and his home. That was good news, but the initial announcement glossed over the complicated details. Reconstruction, after all, would take years. Winery staff assumed they wouldn’t be hosting visitors anytime soon — and some, especially the tasting room staff, wondered whether they’d be out of a job.