and we have david duncan on the line with me right now. he's the ceo of silver oak winery which is right there in the heart of napa, not far from the center of this earthquake, which was about 6 miles away. david, thanks for spending some time with us this morning there. i know it's only 10:30. david, walk us through first how everybody's doing. >> well, i think, fortunately everybody at the winery is in good shape and we're in good stead. i know there was some people hurt in napa, and we're, you know, concerned with that. but trying to do what we can here, so. we did have some damage, a few barrels. three barrels fall and some wine bottles went down. and i tweeted a picture this morning, if you've seen that. >> we're showing it to our viewers right now. >> a bit of a mess. >> it's heart breaking to see that image, especially if you are a wine lover but also knowing this impacts your livelihood. you know, we just pulled some numbers from the stone bridge research group. and it's a huge part of the economy in napa, wine making. $13.3 billio

. >> david duncan, president of silver oak vineyards seemingly got off easy he cost only lost three barrels but this was top quality vintage. >> each of these barrels hold 25 cases of wine and you are at 1,300 bucks a case, $100,000 worth of wine here. >> just in the three barrels. >> napa valley is home to nearly 800 wineries that produce roughly a quarter of the nation's wine. the area was already affected by severe drought can, now, the quake's impact is rippling through the entire economy, right down to the visitors who have come here to enjoy the fall harvest. >> the impact on the $13 billion a year wine i have is still unclear. but for dave duncan the loss is personal. he saw hundreds of his family's reserve bottles shattered. >> we actually called the inner sanctum in the confine i are and i mean, a very special unique reference wines and we don't sell them, they are not available, and so to lose them, they are gone forever. >> reporter: with such an expensive commodity the wineries here don't take chances, many have already installed earthquake proof racks to hold those 500-pound ba

david duncan president of silver oaks says each bott physical in this room is priceless. >> they're verypecial unique reference wines and we don't sell them. they're not available, and so to lose them they're gone forever. >> at this winery three barrels of wine were also damaged containing nearly $100,000 of premier vintage. and for many of the other wineries in vinyards damage extends far beyond that. to give you some perspective on the importance of this area rock by that is quake take a look at this. the napa valley produces 17% of the nation's wine and the wine produced in this one part of the country contributes $50 billion to the us economy. >>> on the health watch tonight, a new study from penn suggests medical marijuana laws may have unexpected benefits. the study found state thats allow medical marijuana tend to have fewer painkiller related deaths. deaths for vyke codeine, percocet and oxy condone was 25% lower in states that allow medical marijuana. new jersey allows some use of medical marijuana. pennsylvania does not. >> also on the health watch tonight, do you sometimes wa

we talked to its ceo, david duncan, about the impact of the earthquake on his business. >> at silverak, we make a blend, and we blend together different vineyard sources so we make a beautiful, consistent wine every year. and so these were those individual components of our blend that we bought a few bottles of just to save so we could taste them over time. so to lose those is priceless and one of a kind wines that are now gone. >> reporter: another business owner is bill hill of henry hill and company, who also suffered a lot of damage because of the earthquake. he said they were waiting around in a sea of wine. >> i mean, right now we're trying to figure out what we have to do today to protect what's left. and then later i will have a chance to think about what this means for us. where we go from here. >> reporter: the estimated economic losses of this earthquake could total anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from core logic. josh lipton, "nightly business report" napa, california. >> as josh just reported, early estimates put the dama

david duncan is president of the winery.s room is priceless. >> we actually call it the inner sank item in the winery. they're special unique wines. we don't sell them. they're not available. so to lose them, they're gone forever. >> reporter: through barrels were also damaged. still, duncan is grateful all his employees are safe and the winery itself was not damaged. >> i seen photographs from friends that there are barrel rooms that have taken it hard. certain wineries will be affected severely. >> reporter: the quake damaged 14 tanks at this winery in sonoma and toppled these barrels of cabernet sauvignon. there's this photos of a damaged chimney. they nurture an acclaimed restaurant scene. they also produce 17% of the nation's wine and contribute some $50 billion to the u.s. economy. but david duncan believes wine connoisseurs need not fuehrer a widespread shortage in part because the quake spared the grapes still on the vine. what would have happened if the grapes hat fallen off? >> then you'd have major disaster becaus

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. >> we're looking at some images this morning just on twitter right now from david duncan at silverof the famous wineries out there in napa, sending in images of his entire wine collection smashed on the floor at silver oak winery there. also getting reports this morning coming across on twitter of people who are on the ground and sending in images and saying there may be reports of people trapped in some of these buildings. and police telling individuals to stay away. are you hearing any of that this morning as you're looking out on the street there in downtown napa? >> well, i'm right in the center of where all the police are where the -- i mean, it's all roped off, the police lines. i'm friends with the police chief and he said they definitely have already roped off areas and they're getting to as many places as in the case. so they're roepg off and going to the next area. >> you felt the shake, i guess, right, about 25 years ago? >> yes. i wasn't living here then. >> how does this rank? >> this is worse than anything i've ever felt. >> and, karen, you mentioned the area is roped