Plenty of people probably drive past Tin City without realising it's there. But they’d be missing out, because this micro-district on California’s Central Coast is all about the finer – and most fun – things in life. The area just off the Highway 101 has become one of the region’s hippest places for wine tasting, with around 20 tasting rooms pouring small-production wines in corrugated tin sheds. There are also distilleries, regular markets and food to soak up the booze, from sheep milk ice-cream at Negranti Creamery to innovative tasting menus at Six Text Kitchen.

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