Solano County

Solano County runs wine country on the Delta’s north shore. Suisun Valley sits in a cool pocket east of the Mayacamas — warm days, marine breeze by four every afternoon, and grenache, petite sirah, and chardonnay grown at a kinder price than Napa over the hill. Tasting rooms line Abernathy and Rockville roads, many with shaded patios and water bowls waiting. Rockville Hills Regional Park opens leashed oak-grassland trails above the valley; the Rush Ranch open space holds grassland dog walks. Pair a Suisun petite sirah with an afternoon at Rockville. Solano pours wine the freeway almost always drives past.