by Lodi Growers | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: Chefs Jake and Shauna Des Voignes in their kitchen with their newly released Heleje wines. Photo by author. Once upon a time there were two career chefs who met in a super-fine big city restaurant, got married...
by Lodi Growers | May 19, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: Wente selection Chardonnay planted on St. George rootstock in 1953. Photo by Randy Caparoso. This Fall, media and trade members are invited to take a deep dive into the world of old vines through the...
by Lodi Growers | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025. BY STUART SPENCER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Over the past two years, an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 tons of California winegrapes – enough to fill 500 to 650 million bottles – were left rotting on the vine. There simply...
by Lodi Growers | May 5, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 5, 2025. BY PIERCE’S DISEASE/GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER BOARD. Vineyard Health Boosted with $2.2 Million Research Investment To build up the California winegrape industry’s protections against pests and diseases, the Pierce’s Disease and...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. This past April 2 at the 2025 Wine Market Council (WMC) Annual Research Conference and Members Meeting, held in the City of Napa, there were some illuminating discussions on the overall state of the American wine industry....
by Lodi Growers | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025. BY CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING ALLIANCE. The day before Earth Day, we celebrate the four wineries and vineyard companies awarded 2025 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards, joining a decade of past winners...
