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{ SOMMjournal.com } 119 Meanwhile, the Community Foundation Sonoma County—which includes the Sonoma Valley Fund, its local affiliate—set up a special fund to support relief and recovery efforts from the wildfires. The new Sonoma County Resilience Fund will focus on the mid- to long-term task of recovery and rebuilding. The Signorello Estate also remains deeply committed to restoring its winery. Key to this is Ray Signorello Jr.'s new Cucina pro - gram, which will bring the winery's Estate Chef Tyler Stone and Estate Sommelier Ron Plunkett into the kitchens and homes of Signorello fans and wine lovers by creat - ing a seven-course Cucina experience. Many people have asked the obvious question: How can we help? You can star t by not cancelling your visit to wine coun - try, especially considering that the latter months are the most beautiful time of the year in Sonoma and Napa. According to Jonny Westom, Executive Director at Experience Sonoma, suppor ting the tour - ism industry is really the best way to help local businesses. You can also help by buy- ing local wines; if you live outside of wine country, buy a bottle of Cabernet from Napa Valley or Pinot Noir from Sonoma. As I drove out of Gundlach Bundschu, Katie Bundschu directed my attention to a quote on the back of an old truck on the proper ty. The quote, by Charles Bukowski, read, "What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." I took this to mean that despite the incredibly dif - ficult circumstances surrounding the past several weeks, the communities of Napa and Sonoma joined hands with a renewed commitment to not only recover, but to continue producing some of the best wines in the world. The charred Moon Mountain AVA.