Our editors' picks for the essential Antelope Valley wineries and tasting rooms, and why each one earns the stop.
Every list like this is an argument. Ours favors rooms that express what makes Antelope Valley itself: bold high-desert reds, Sangiovese, Zinfandel, Tannat and Rhone styles, ripened by fierce sun and freshened by cold nights above 2,300 feet.
The anchor is easy: Antelope Valley Winery, the high desert's founding estate since 1990.
Agua Dulce Winery's estate tour first, Reyes a mile up the highway second: the canyon pair explains the region's case
Day one: the Agua Dulce canyon pair, estate tour and gallery tasting. Day two: Lancaster's rooms, Thief & Barrel's guided flight and the valley's newest cellars
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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