by Lodi Growers | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: 2024 Lodi Zinfandel harvest at Giorgi-Ferrari Vineyard, first planted in the 1920s, being packed for shipping to home winemakers across the country by Lodi’s M & R Company. A legacy of longtime...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Once every year during harvest, Lodi grape growing history is brought to life in a big and special way while the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds (413 E Lockeford Street, Lodi) hosts a...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, GROWER RESEARCH & EDUCATION DIRECTOR, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Update on December 9, 2024: It’s time to inspect Trees of Heaven for spotted lanternfly egg masses. Learn why and how HERE. In case you...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 19, 2024 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
In Lodi, there are native gray ants and pavement ants facilitating the survival and spread of the vine mealybug, which vectors leafroll virus and vitiviruses. By reducing these ant populations in our vineyards, we can reduce the mealybug populations and slow the...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 19, 2024 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce‘s Agribusiness Committee, in collaboration with the University of California Cooperative Extension, held the 72nd Annual Lodi Grape Day on Tuesday, February 6th, at Hutchins Street Square. This annual symposium brings together...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024. BY LOTTIE DAWSON. Soil health is a constant worry for anyone whose business relies upon crop yields to survive. While we benefit from fantastic growing capabilities across the Lodi area and our grapes are of exceptional quality, there are...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. You are invited to join us for this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento from January 23-25, 2024. Unified is presented by the American Society for Enology &...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
JANUARY 15, 2024. BY LODI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce’s Agribusiness Committee, in collaboration with the University of California Cooperative Extension, is proud to announce the much anticipated 72nd Annual Lodi Grape Day event,...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Continued from GRAPEVINE CANOPY MANAGEMENT REVISITED PART 1 Direct Canopy Management – Configuration Direct canopy management is canopy management by intervention. It takes two forms. The first, which is...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2023. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. There was a time when grape growers gave little thought to grapevine foliage beyond keeping it out of the way of machinery and controlling pests and diseases. Accordingly, hedging the apical ends of shoots and...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023. BY KATHY GRANT, WATERSHED PROGRAM COORDINATOR. The Mokelumne Fish Hatchery released monitoring data on November 7, 2023, showing the highest recorded number of Chinook salmon returning to the hatchery since record-keeping began in 1940....
by Lodi Growers | Nov 13, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. November 2, 2023 203: Get the Latest Viticulture Research from 30 Experts https://lodigrowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-02_203_Cliff_Ohmart_Get_the_Latest_Viticulture_Research_from_30_Experts.mp3 If...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2023. BY VINCE ARELLANO, CDFA. Featured Image: Credit – Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is an invasive exotic fruit...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Early 1900s photograph of Woock Vineyard—consisting of furrow-irrigated Flame Tokay, Zinfandel, and Alicante Bouschet—owned and farmed by one of Lodi’s leading German-Russian families. Courtesy...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Vermentino regeneratively grown by Vino Farms in Lodi’s Clements Hills AVA for AVIVO Wines. Ridgely Evers—called “Ridge” by friends, family, and colleagues—is excited by the two latest...
