Videos, Presentations & Handouts

The Lodi Winegrape Commission has learned through the mealybug and virus crisis that by getting everyone involved in one room to have informed discussions around a complex challenge, much progress can be made and it is easier to move forward in a positive and...

Canopy management plays a crucial role in not only winegrape quality but also in pest and disease management. Dr. Justin Tanner (UC), our future Northern San Joaquin Viticulture Farm Advisor, shared the results of a recent canopy architecture project. Dr. Tanner's...

On May 17, 2022, the Lodi Winegrape Commission hosted about 70 local growers and winemakers in Burgundy Hall at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds to discuss winegrape quality in depth. The speakers and topics included: Greg La Follette (Winemaker) – Creating flavor in...

On April 27, 2022, the Lodi winegrowing community gathered to watch a demonstration of the mini GUSS (gussag.com/mini-guss/), a California-made 4WD autonomous air blast sprayer designed for vineyards by GUSS Automation in Kingsburg, CA. A combination of GPS, LiDAR,...

Check out our new educational video, created in the same style as our Mealybug Biocontrol Video. Click the image below to watch and give us a thumbs up on YouTube if you like it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UVlmBiphnM   For more information, check out our...

What Growers Need to Know - Availability & Pricing of Fertilizers/Pesticides for 2022 by Stuart Spencer On January 4, Renee Pinel of the Western Plant Health Association (WPH) updated Lodi growers on the availability and pricing of fertilizers and pesticides...

It’s imperative to help grapevines shut down for the winter, which can mean some irrigation during a drought year. In this workshop, we discussed post-harvest practices for young, mature, and historic vineyards – with further clarified advice depending on whether the...

  Read our blog about how this workshop series was created HERE Handout from Daniele Zaccaria, PhD is HERE Papers mentioned by Kaan Kurtural, PhD: "Optimal Ranges and Thresholds of Grape Berry Solar Radiation for Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Warm Climates" by...

Read our blog about how this workshop series was created HERE https://youtu.be/5kNK0mTucjA

Read our blog about how this workshop series was created HERE https://youtu.be/Q60O-s8M1-k