by Lodi Growers | May 28, 2024 | Blog
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Continued from IN PURSUIT OF YIELD: GRAPEVINE CAPACITY, BALANCE, & CROP LOAD – PART ONE Grapevine Shoot Growth Balance: The Superstructure of Fruit Yield If grapevine growth capacity is the voltage and...
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...
