by Lodi Growers | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog
AUGUST 21, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission has learned through the mealybug and virus crisis that by getting everyone involved in one room to have informed discussions around a complex challenge, much progress...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: July 22, 2023: onset of veraison in old vine Grenache (planted in 1942) in Lodi’s Mokelumne River appellation. What happens during veraison During one particularly long, bumpy drive up on Mendocino...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 7, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023. BY BILLY ABBOTT, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. The BirdReturns-Delta Farmlands Program is an opportunity in late summer-early fall this year for farmers and landowners in the Yolo and Delta Basins of the Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: 2022 harvest in Lodi, a wine region in which warm climatic conditions are utilized to optimal advantage. Boy, it’s been a hot July. Everywhere. This, ironically, follows an unusually cool month of June...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College is now offering wine appreciation courses for the Fall 2023 quarter, with some beginning as early as August 21, 2023. Course information provided by Delta College is below. How to...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023. BY VINEPAIR. VinePair’s Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover. In this series, they shine a light on some of the great wines being made beyond the more well-known AVAs. In Northern California, just east of San...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 10, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023. BY USDA (APHIS). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group has released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Five-Year Strategy for fiscal years...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 2, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. The West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force (WCSETF) hosted its 3rd Annual Smoke Summit virtually on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Nearly 500 attendees registered and tuned in to learn about everything...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Recently, the Lodi Winegrape Commission was featured in a public television short-form documentary video project to tell the unique story of our regional self-funded grower outreach and...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: La Belle Nue proprietor Jacylyn Stokes among her family’s grapevines, which she also manages. Once upon a time, Jacylyn Stokes bid farewell to her home and family in Lodi. This only made her eventual...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 12, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. A team led by the Lodi Winegrape Commission was awarded a $428,111 Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) research grant to determine whether the robust olfactory senses of canines can detect vine mealybugs and...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Today, most winegrowers are aware of the high risk for leafroll virus infection when there are mealybugs in their vineyard and/or in neighboring vineyards. Mealybugs and scale insects are...
by Lodi Growers | May 30, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 29, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Faces of the Lodi wine industry today: Melinda Kearney (middle) going through her handcrafted old vine cuvées with her Lorenza Wine partner Michele Ouellet Benson (right) and winemaker Bree Serpenti (left). I...
by Lodi Growers | May 24, 2023 | Blog
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College, a junior/community college headquartered in Stockton, CA, is excited to announce the renewal of Cul Art 32 Evaluation of Wine to be offered this summer. The course will once again be...
by Lodi Growers | May 22, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Todd Maley Maley Vineyards / Owner & Grower HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEEN FARMING WINEGRAPES? Our family has been farming in Lodi since 1864. I have been farming winegrapes for 35 years. My sons,...
