What to eat with Tehachapi wines, on the trail and at home: local pairings that actually work.
Pairing here starts with the wines themselves: high-elevation Primitivo, Malbec, Pinot Noir and Rhone varieties grown near 4,000 feet in one of California's newest AVAs.
Stray Leaves pairs its downtown flights with shareable appetizers, and Tehachapi's main-street cafes bracket the valley loop
Start downtown at Stray Leaves to meet the AVA, then drive Cummings Valley Road for Wine & Cattle and Triassic back to back
Where kitchens are scarce, a cooler and a farm-stand stop turn any permitted picnic table into the best restaurant in the region.
Estate Primitivo from the founding vineyard and Los Viajeros' 4,000-foot Malbec are the bottles that argue the AVA's case, and both reward the table more than the trophy shelf.
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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