by Lodi Growers | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023. BY ROLAND RIESEN, PhD, CHAIRMAN OF IVES. Why – the vision High-quality scientific research and the dissemination of its results are crucial to help advance knowledge in any industry or service. Typically, research results are published in...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 25, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Craig Haarmeyer, a winemaker widely admired for his adamantly low intervention winemaking, sharing the love with Lodi grown Chenin blanc. I recently came across an article entitled “What is natural...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 19, 2023 | 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...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023. BY NUFFIELD INTERNATIONAL – USA. The featured image is of Dr. Stephanie Bolton (pictured center) on her Nuffield Global Focus Program in March 2023, visiting Mike Casey (pictured left) and Euan White (pictured right) of the...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 11, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2023. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. The Vineyard Team recently shared the lineup of speakers presenting at the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo on Tuesday, November 14, and Wednesday, November 15. The program features viticulture experts from preeminent...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 4, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Louis Abba, Jr Abba Vineyards / Owner & Grower HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEEN FARMING WINEGRAPES? I have been farming winegrapes since I was 8 years old, with my family and our vineyards for...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The new 2023-2024 Lodi Winegrape Commission Board of Directors assumed service and elected officers this month. New Board Members Pieter A. den Hartog and Hadyn Schatz join current Commissioners Phil Abba, Jason...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog
AUGUST 21, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. 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...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: July 22, 2023: onset of veraison in old vine Grenache (planted in 1942) in Lodi’s Mokelumne River appellation. What happens during veraison During one particularly long, bumpy drive up on Mendocino...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 7, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023. BY BILLY ABBOTT, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. The BirdReturns-Delta Farmlands Program is an opportunity in late summer-early fall this year for farmers and landowners in the Yolo and Delta Basins of the Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: 2022 harvest in Lodi, a wine region in which warm climatic conditions are utilized to optimal advantage. Boy, it’s been a hot July. Everywhere. This, ironically, follows an unusually cool month of June...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College is now offering wine appreciation courses for the Fall 2023 quarter, with some beginning as early as August 21, 2023. Course information provided by Delta College is below. How to...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023. BY VINEPAIR. VinePair’s Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover. In this series, they shine a light on some of the great wines being made beyond the more well-known AVAs. In Northern California, just east of San...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 10, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023. BY USDA (APHIS). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group has released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Five-Year Strategy for fiscal years...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 2, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. The West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force (WCSETF) hosted its 3rd Annual Smoke Summit virtually on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Nearly 500 attendees registered and tuned in to learn about everything...
