BENEFICIAL INSECT DRONES!

BENEFICIAL INSECT DRONES!

by | Aug 6, 2018 | Vineyards

AUGUST 6, 2018. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON. It isn’t every day or everywhere that children get to take part in vineyard pest control. On Tuesday, July 24th, 2018, Jay Leone and the other members of the Lodi Winegrape Commission’s Mealybug Biocontrol Research...
LODI NOMINATED FOR BEST WINE REGION

LODI NOMINATED FOR BEST WINE REGION

by | Jul 30, 2018 | Blog

JULY 30, 2018. The LODI, California AVA has been nominated in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award – wine regions contest! If you haven’t checked out USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards yet, you are in for a...
MINIMIZING COMMON PHYSICAL BERRY DEFECTS

MINIMIZING COMMON PHYSICAL BERRY DEFECTS

by | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Vineyards

JULY 23, 2018. BY STAN GRANT. Wine grapes with certain defects are undesirable for winemaking.  These defects fall into two principal categories – compositional and physical.  Only a few compositional flaws are discernable in wine grapes while still on the vine, such...
VARIETAL FOCUS: TEMPRANILLO

VARIETAL FOCUS: TEMPRANILLO

by | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog

JULY 16, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Tempranillo (a.k.a Tinta Roriz)   tem • prah • knee • oh Tempranillo is known by over a dozen synonyms in its native country of Spain. In Portugal’s Douro region, where it is used for Port, it is called Tinta Roriz. The name of the...
VARIETAL FOCUS: SAUVIGNON BLANC

VARIETAL FOCUS: SAUVIGNON BLANC

by | Jul 9, 2018 | Blog

JULY 9, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Sauvignon blanc (a.k.a. Sauvignon, Fumé blanc)   so • vin • yon  blahnk At the Lake County Sauvignon Blanc Experience event in May, the famous French ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot explained that the name is derived from the...
LODI VINEYARD & WINES SYMPOSIUM

LODI VINEYARD & WINES SYMPOSIUM

by | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog

This Thursday, June 28th, 2018, Wine Business Monthly will host the Lodi Vineyard & Wine Economics Symposium at the Wine & Roses Conference Center.  In just the last week, they’ve added numerous top-notch speakers from all over California.  Not only is...
THE ECONOMICS OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

THE ECONOMICS OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

by | May 3, 2018 | Blog

By Stan Grant We have explored various aspects of water management in vineyards in past Lodi Growers Coffee Shop postings, but we have yet to consider economics, as we will here.  For the sake of this discussion, we will assume competent vineyard management, adequate...
MECHANICAL LEAFING OF VINEYARDS, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

MECHANICAL LEAFING OF VINEYARDS, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Vineyards

I must start by saying there really isn’t a mechanical leafer I’ve met that I didn’t like. It doesn’t matter what brand I’m working with, they all seem to do a good job. When they are not doing well, it seems to always be a timing issue. So, I thought it would be good...
MINIMIZING AND MANAGING WATER SPROUTS AND SUCKERS

MINIMIZING AND MANAGING WATER SPROUTS AND SUCKERS

by | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog

APRIL 17, 2018. BY STAN GRANT. First: A Bit About Grapevine Buds Grapevines are hardy plants that have several traits to help them survive. Compound buds are among these. Elongating shoots trained to form grapevine trunks, arms on head-trained vines, and cordons on...
GOT VOLES? PERHAPS ANTHRAQUINONE IS THE ANSWER

GOT VOLES? PERHAPS ANTHRAQUINONE IS THE ANSWER

by | Apr 9, 2018 | Vineyards

Voles (Figure 1) are short, stocky rodents that often cause extensive girdling damage to a variety of tree and vine crops throughout California (Figure 2).  Vole management is often quite challenging given how numerous they can be in a given area.  In more recent...