Northern California has a special place in my heart. Not only is this where Jim and I tied the knot in 2010, but this is where I discovered the beauty and complexity of wine. Both love affairs have been going strong a decade now. While I always return from a wine trip with new knowledge from visiting the wineries and talking to both the winemakers and the marketing teams, this trip revealed something more profound. The wildfires in October of last year took the lives of 41 pe