McGrail Vineyards in the Livermore Valley wine region
McGrail Vineyards is featured on the Livermore Wine Trail on Day Two. McGrail is best known for its Cabernet Sauvignon. The winery has a very scenic picnic area.
There are 50 wineries in the Livermore Valley and they offer a little bit of everything for the wine country traveler. Outside of the two big and historic wineries of Wente and Concannon, these Livermore wineries are mostly small and family-run wineries, running the gamut of boutique to outright funky and bizarre in some cases. We spent a few days in the Livermore wine country this past weekend. This is our third trip to Livermore in recent times, visiting the majority of wineries to create a Livermore wine trail for our Wine Country Getaways website. We have been anxious to add the Livermore wine country to the nine California wine regions we have detailed on Wine Country Getaways.
Here are a few of the wineries we visited on this last trip that offer some impressive experiences with good wines and hospitality.