Plan a romantic day in Madera wine country: intimate rooms, scenic settings and couples-worthy experiences.
The region's romance is built in: flatland farm roads, foothill climbs toward Millerton Lake, and the mountain-town approach to Yosemite at Oakhurst. The move is to pick fewer stops and let each one breathe.
For the centerpiece, an unhurried Ficklin port flight followed by the Highway 41 climb to dinner and a mountain sunset in Oakhurst.
Port and blue cheese, Quady's Elysium with chocolate, and Idle Hour's working kitchen make Madera the dessert-course of California wine regions
Ask your favorite tasting-room host where they'd take someone for an occasion; locals always know.
Late winter and spring for cool tasting weather, or pair an autumn Yosemite trip with harvest on the trail.
The region sits along Highway 99 and Highway 41, the southern gateway road to Yosemite, close enough that an overnight turns a tasting into a getaway.
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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