by Lodi Growers | May 31, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Lodi Winegrape Commission Celebrates 30 Years, Passing Referendum with 85% Approval Organization’s success attributed to support and funding by visionary winegrowers The California Department of Food...
by Lodi Growers | May 24, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Growing seasons have a rhythm-based on grapevine growth and development. Those of us in the winegrape business are well aware of this cadence because our work lives are tied to it. Much less obvious is the...
by Lodi Growers | May 17, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission’s 2020 Annual Report is now available! Click on the image below to read through the 24-page report, which includes letters from the Commission Board Chair, Kendra Lange, and...
by Lodi Growers | May 12, 2021 | Blog
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021. BY TED RIEGER. Some Lodi winegrape growers are reporting grapevines and vineyard blocks with no vine growth or stunted vine growth this spring that appears to be related to cold injury damage experienced during an unusual cold weather event...
by Lodi Growers | May 10, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. What is happening out in Lodi vineyards today, during the merry, merry month of May? Pretty much the same as in most of California’s vaunted wine regions, since vineyard growth patterns in Lodi mirror all but the most...
by Lodi Growers | May 3, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. My old employer, Julio Gallo used to say, “the best care a vineyard receives is the footsteps of its owner.” In other words, the most important element of vineyard care is vineyard monitoring (Figure 1). As...