Lurching up a dirt road at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in a pickup truck, John Roney and Jason Mills rise above thousands of acres of cherished parkland that have been transformed in recent days and years by wildfire.

A Perfect Match

The Napa Valley has been cultivating grapes since the 1700s, but Cabernet Sauvignon was not introduced to the area until the late 1800s around the time when industry icon, Charles Krug opened the first commercial winery.  A decade or