What to eat with Contra Costa & Lamorinda wines, on the trail and at home: local pairings that actually work.
Pairing here starts with the wines themselves: ancient own-rooted Mourvedre, Zinfandel and Carignane alongside Brentwood estate reds and Lamorinda hillside wines.
Downtown Lafayette's restaurant row surrounds Local Vines, Brentwood's farm stands stock the picnic, and Viano's Martinez ground sits minutes from the waterfront's tables
start at Local Vines in Lafayette to taste five wineries in one sitting, then take a weekend Brentwood run through Bloomfield's downtown room and Hannah Nicole's estate
Where kitchens are scarce, a cooler and a farm-stand stop turn any permitted picnic table into the best restaurant in the region.
old-vine bottlings from the county's ancient Mourvedre and Zinfandel ground are the collector pieces, with Hannah Nicole's estate reds the Brentwood signature, and both reward the table more than the trophy shelf.
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