by Lodi Growers | Jul 22, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 22, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Evapotranspiration or ET frequently comes up during discussions of vineyard irrigation and for good reason. ET is a dominant driving force for water movement within vineyards, as well as grapevine water uptake and...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 15, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024. BY JULIA DRESSLER & JAY THOMAS, CSU CHICO. Ongoing Evaluations throughout the Central Valley in Summer 2024 Central Valley commercial growers are invited to participate in FREE irrigation system evaluations through CSU Chico via California...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 8, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 8, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. The environmental factor It’s time to talk about Zinfandel. Oh, I admit, for me, it’s always time to talk about Zinfandel. That is because I am what people often used to call a “foodie.” Better than...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 24, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: Harvest morning in Zinfandel block over 100 years old on the east side of Lodi’s Mokelumne River appellation. CONTRADICTING EVERYTHING YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT WARM CLIMATE REGIONS When a rose is but a...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 17, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2024. BY WEST COAST SMOKE EXPOSURE TASK FORCE. The West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force (WCSETF) hosted its 4th Annual Smoke Summit virtually on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Over 300 attendees from across the country joined this year’s summit to...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024. BY CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING ALLIANCE. Over 200 participants attended the two-day US Sustainable Winegrowing Summit held in Lodi, California, on April 30 and May 1, 2024. Guests came from all across the US and from more than ten...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2024. BY MATTHEW KAISER, CDFA. In support of cutting-edge research to find solutions to winegrape pests and diseases, the Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board recommended $2.7 million in new funding for 15 research projects over the...
by Lodi Growers | May 28, 2024 | Blog
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Grapevine Shoot Growth Balance: The Superstructure of Fruit Yield If grapevine growth capacity is the voltage and growth vigor the current, the growth of shoots and roots is the work of the appliance. Fruit yield...
by Lodi Growers | May 20, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 20, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Grapevine fruit yield is a destination. It is the culmination of several developmental processes during a two-year journey. The developmental path leading to fruit yield is complex (Figure 1). Figure 1. Grapevine...
by Lodi Growers | May 13, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024. BY DELTA CONSERVANCY. GET PAID TO PROVIDE HABITAT The Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership (Audubon California, The Nature Conservancy, and Point Blue Conservation Science), in partnership with the Delta Conservancy, and with funding from the...
by Lodi Growers | May 6, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Nero d’Avola in LangeTwins Family’s Redtail Vineyard in the Jahant AVA of Lodi. NERO D’AVOLA IS A POSTER CHILD FOR TODAY’S TASTE FOR ZESTIER, LIGHTER WEIGHT YET DEEPLY FLAVORFUL REDS One...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Silvaspoons Vineyards owner/grower Ron Silva with his Alvarinho, a Portuguese clonal variant of Albariño. Why Albariño is such a natural in Lodi Albariño—a grape variety native to Spain’s Rías...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 22, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. The topic of soil erosion sometimes evokes images of dust storms during the 1930’s “Dust Bowl” in the south-central United States (Figure 1). Fortunately, instances of severe erosion of viticultural soils are...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 15, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Harvesting of Nebbiolo—a rare (for California) grape native to Italy’s Piemonte region—in Clements Hills-Lodi’s Anaya Vineyards. When the first-ever scholarly book on Lodi winegrowing was...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 9, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024. BY WINE INSTITUTE. As California’s Down to Earth Month begins, four of the state’s premier wineries and vineyard companies were awarded California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards, joining 36 past winners from throughout...
