Month-by-month advice for visiting Contra Costa & Lamorinda wine country: weather, harvest, crowds and the seasons locals love.
Year-round: Lamorinda pours through winter and the Brentwood estates shine spring through crush.
Season by season: Spring and fall suit the Brentwood farm loop; Local Vines pours Thursday through Sunday year-round, making Lamorinda the all-season anchor
September and October in the Brentwood belt, when the county's historic vines, some of California's oldest, come in from the sandy east-county soils
Saturday for the Brentwood estates and downtown room, Sunday evening at Local Vines with Lafayette dinner to close
Whenever you come, remember the region sits inside the East Bay, 20 to 45 minutes from Oakland without crossing a bridge, so build the travel time into the day.
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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