Lamorinda Winemakers Celebrate 10-Years On Wine Map – Patch

Skip to main content Walnut Creek, CA Rockridge, CA Piedmont, CA Pleasant Hill, CA Berkeley, CA Albany, CA Danville, CA Martinez, CA El Cerrito, CA Concord, CA California Top National News See All Communities LAMORINDA, CA — Most East Bay commuters pass Lamorinda’s vineyards without ever seeing them — tiny rows of grapes hidden behind fences, tucked into hillsides and planted beside suburban homes. This weekend, the winemakers behind one of California’s smallest and least conventional wine regions are stepping out from those backyards to celebrate a decade of the Lamorinda AVA with tastings, storytelling and wines grown only minutes away from BART stations and cul-de-sacs. Ten years after California’s smallest and least conventional wine regions was recognized as an American Viticultural Area, winemakers from Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda are stepping out to celebrate with tastings, storytelling and wines grown only minutes away from BART stations and cul-de-sacs. Find out what’s happening in Lamorindafor free with the latest updates from Patch. Lamorinda belongs to another, wider, Centra Coast AVA. The 250 mile-long Central Coast AVA reaches from Santa Barbara County in the south to the San Francisco Bay Area in the north and includes parts of Contra Costa. Yet, for
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