Month-by-month advice for visiting Madera wine country: weather, harvest, crowds and the seasons locals love.
Late winter and spring for cool tasting weather, or pair an autumn Yosemite trip with harvest on the trail.
Season by season: October through April offers the gentlest valley temperatures; summer visits work best in the cool of the morning
Valley crush runs hot and early, typically August into September, with trail wineries at their busiest and most fragrant
Day one: the valley-floor trail, Ficklin, Quady, San Joaquin. Day two: the Highway 41 climb, Dorval's foothills to Idle Hour's kitchen in Oakhurst
Whenever you come, remember the region sits along Highway 99 and Highway 41, the southern gateway road to Yosemite, so build the travel time into the day.
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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