by Lodi Growers | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Lodi’s Somers Vineyard — old vine Mission planted right alongside the winding Mokelumne River. One of the most interesting things to happen in the Lodi appellation just over the past three, four years...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors play a significant role in agriculture, connecting the entire industry with the latest science coming out of the university...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although we walk and drive on them regularly, we tend to give little thought to vineyard floors other than those directed toward controlling weeds. And yet vineyard floors play pivotal roles in vineyards, residing...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022. BY LISA CANTRELL, PhD, CAPITAL STORYTELLING. What causes a buyer to choose your grapes? Certainly the grape variety, the vines, the soil, the farming practices, the price, and the climate in which the fruit was grown all matter. However, even...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 14, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2022. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Now available, Lodi! is the first book ever written on Lodi winegrowing that lays out the facts and figures, tells the real story and paints a vivid picture of this historic region with over 400 photographs by the...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022. BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many insect pollinators are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The Western monarch population has declined 95% since the 1980s, likely due to multiple factors including habitat loss and...
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...
