When harvest happens in Yolo & Winters wine country, what it looks like, and how to visit during crush.
September and October in the Dunnigan Hills and Capay Valley, with Winters' rooms pouring the results a short drive from the picking.
April-May for Capay wildflowers and October for crush; Winters makes any weekend work.
Harvest turns the Capay Valley's ranch country, the golden Dunnigan Hills, Davis's lavender-framed edge and downtown Winters' restaurant blocks into a working spectacle: bins on trailers, cellar doors open, and the smell of fermenting fruit around every corner.
Rooms stay open through crush, but the people pouring may also be picking; patience buys the best stories of the year.
Come early in the day, ask before wandering near equipment, and buy where you linger; harvest hospitality runs on goodwill and case sales.
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