The perfect day trip to Yolo County’s sunflower paradise

Sunflowers bloom in a field in Yolo County, Calif. The county is a hotbed of flower-based tourism, food and drinks.

On this particular June day, the flower field is buzzing with songbirds and honeybees and tourists dressed in sundresses, setting up tripods for the all-powerful ‘Gram. After you pick a bouquet you can visit the drying barn – an amazingly scented place with a ceiling of hanging flowers – and its tea cottage, built from doors and headboards and looking like something from Alice in Wonderland.

The historic town of Winters is the main event for visitors, but if it happens to be a Friday or Saturday, a detour tois an interesting way to slake one’s thirst. Known only to locals — and people who study Google Maps really hard — this extension of the local Hooby’s Brewing is on a working farm inhabited by chickens, sheep, goats and his majesty, Percy the Pig.

“I think one reason is because they have a lower ABV than spirits,” she says, “but still have a complexity that gives you a sense of having something special.”The aperitifs are made from Berryessa Gap Vineyards wine in which local fruits and botanicals are macerated – oranges, apricots, green walnuts, cherry leaves, rosemary and thyme blossoms. It’s all strained out and then topped off with a little brandy.

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