A large Napa Valley winery is getting a second probability — just as California’s wine trade faces a brutal reckoning.

A partnership between winemaker Maya Dalla Valle and Coastal Vineyard Care Associates (CVCA) has bought the 500-acre Cain Vineyard property on Spring Mountain from the Meadlock household, Wine Spectator reports.

The worth was not disclosed.

A summer time morning view of the Cain Vineyard with fog filling the Napa Valley. Instagram/@cain_vineyard_and_winery

The 2020 Glass Fire killed most of the vines and burned every constructing on the property. AFP via Getty Images

The 2020 Glass Fire destroyed practically everything in its path, killing most of the vines and burning every constructing on the property. Just 15 acres of vines survived. Another 52 acres have since been replanted.

The new homeowners plan to preserve rebuilding the winery — and betting on Napa’s future at a time when the area’s wine enterprise is under rising stress.

“I’m born and raised here. We saw an opportunity to protect this place,” winemaker Maya Dalla Valle said.

Dalla Valle, co-owner and winemaker at her household’s Dalla Valle Vineyards, will own half of the new partnership. Instagram/@mayadv

Americans are ingesting less wine, youthful shoppers are more and more selecting options such as spirits and ready-to-drink drinks, and Napa growers are feeling the squeeze from weaker demand, hovering prices and labor complications.

A 2026 survey discovered half of Napa vineyards reported declining income last 12 months, while 51% reported decrease income.

Dalla Valle, co-owner and winemaker at her household’s Dalla Valle Vineyards, will own half of the new partnership. CVCA, a winery administration firm, will own the other half.

A 2026 survey discovered half of Napa vineyards reported declining income last 12 months, while 51% reported decrease income. Instagram/@mayadv

Winemaker Maya Dalla Valle plans to develop a new wine utilizing choose parcels of the property.

“Cain Vineyard is such a historic site and so iconic,” Dalla Valle advised Wine Spectator. “When we saw the opportunity to buy it, we saw the chance to protect and restore a key part of Napa Valley. I’m born and raised here. We saw an opportunity to protect this place.”

She plans to develop a new wine utilizing choose parcels of the property.

Cain was a sheep ranch when Jerry and Joyce Cain purchased the land in 1979 and started planting Cabernet Sauvignon.

Jim and Nancy Meadlock joined them in 1986 and purchased out the Cains in 1991.

The winery, perched roughly 2,000 ft above sea stage between Napa and Sonoma counties, turned recognized for Cabernet Sauvignons that bucked Napa’s bigger-is-better status.

Cain’s wines were more restrained, with decrease alcohol and larger acidity.

Then came the Glass Fire.

The Glass Fire burns in the hills close to a winery on Sunday, September 27, 2020, in St. Helena, California. Getty Images

The blaze swept across Spring Mountain in 2020, torching every constructing and killing most of the vines. Longtime winemaker Chris Howell fled the property when the flames were just a mile away.

The Meadlocks determined not to rebuild.

Third Leaf Partners, a San Francisco personal fairness agency, purchased the Cain model and stock in December 2025 — but not the land. Howell continues making Cain wine utilizing fruit bought from the winery.

Workers putting in rebar and stakes for new trellises at Cain Vineyard & Winery. Instagram/@cain_vineyard_and_winery

The property was devastated by the Glass Fire in September 2020, and Hoopes plans to revive the property and rethink its future. Instagram/@mayadv

Dalla Valle is co-owner and winemaker at Dalla Valle Vineyards, based by her dad and mom.

Now Dalla Valle and CVCA are taking management of the dust itself.

They plan to proceed replanting while sustaining Cain’s present lease.

“Cain the winery will continue to buy fruit with no stated end date as the brand is connected to the vineyard.”

The venture will also be separate from Dalla Valle Vineyards.