by Lodi Growers | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2022. BY TED RIEGER. Many examples exist in California and worldwide of diversified farming operations that own sheep and beneficially utilize them in vineyard operations. As an alternative management option, some sheep ranchers offer grazing...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 24, 2022 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
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! For more information, check out our Winter 2022 In the Vineyard...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 21, 2022 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022. BY MATT WANINK, WESTERN WEATHER GROUP. The Lodi Winegrape Commission recently added three new air quality sensors from Western Weather Group to enhance a network of air quality data in the region for growers. The NPM3 Sensor from Met One...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 14, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2022. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The 2021 Preliminary Grape Crush Report was published last Thursday, February 10, 2022. Statewide, California crushed 3.6 million tons of winegrapes, up from 3.4 million in the smoke-affected...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission has had great success in discovering practical solutions to real-world problems in the vineyard by creating collaborative teams of growers, pest control...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. We are VERY pleased to announce that UC Davis has released two 2021 vineyard cost studies for Crush District 11 Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon today – one (as in 2016) for a quadrilateral...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: The 2020 Acquiesce Viognier, winner of the 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Sweepstake medal. What happened? The question popped up this past January 14, when the results of the 2022 San...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. This morning, the LODI RULES Committee of the Lodi Winegrape Commission hosted their annual LODI RULES Year-End Recap Event. The LODI RULES Community – growers, vintners, supporters, &...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 10, 2022 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
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...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog
JANUARY 10, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Please join the Lodi Winegrape Commission on Tuesday, February 1st for the 70th Annual Lodi Grape Day celebration! Lodi Grape Day is hosted by University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE)...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 4, 2022 | Blog, Vineyards
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022. BY CDFA. Statewide surveillance activities for Spotted Lanternfly in 2021 included a visual survey of host plants near high-risk target locations as well as air cargo flight inspections and border patrol station inspections. Statewide...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 27, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2021. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. The Vineyard Team’s Sustainable Winegrowing podcast brings you the latest in science and research for the wine industry. This popular, on-the-go, sustainable farming educational resource provides in-depth...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 20, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Given the demands and complexity of vineyard management, it is easy to become lost in the day-to-day details of specific tasks and forget the reasons for our efforts. This is often the case for vineyard soil...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2021. BY JEFF BURROWS, FOOD WINE CLICK! This article was originally submitted as an entry in the Jancis Robinson annual wine writing competition and was posted here with written permission from the author. All views belong to the author. Old vines...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021. BY KAITLYN TINER, STUDENT. The Fall semester began for Folsom Lake College Viticulture students at the end of August with a visit to the Lodi Winegrape Commission’s Demonstration Vineyard, a small plot of 37 vines adjacent to a public...
