by Lodi Growers | Sep 23, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. “Out of sight, out of mind” is an old saying that can apply to grapevine roots. Roots exist and function in the invisible world below ground, where their activities are fundamental to overall vine growth,...
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 | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2024. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Want to be part of something super cool, cute and helpful? Host a puppy in your home! If you live near Fresno, you can volunteer to be involved in puppy training and field trips. The Fresno-based Canine...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 26, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Poor potassium. So vital and yet, so often misunderstood. Many times, potassium (K) is expected to behave like other macronutrients, that is similar to nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, magnesium, and calcium. But...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2024. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. During its August meeting, the new 2024-2025 board of directors of the Lodi Winegrape Commission assumed service and elected officers. New board member Farrah Felten Jolley joins current commissioners Jason...
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 August 4, 2025: Help locate, inspect and kill the Tree of Heaven using the free iNaturalist app through a system set up by Maria...
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....
