by Lodi Growers | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Enjoying the culinary delights of our winegrowing and hunting community is a true pleasure of the agrarian Lodi lifestyle. To celebrate the first days of dove season in Lodi, we asked...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 25, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above: Lodi growers pictured from left to right – Pieter A. den Hartog (son), Pieter den Hartog (father), Hadyn Schatz (son), Rodney Schatz (father), Jacylyn Stokes Iniguez (daughter), Bill Stokes...
by Katie Machado | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. FAREWELL FROM RANDY CAPAROSO Oh lord, a blog from Lodi was the title of the very first blog posted on the Lodi Wine page in August 2010, written by yours truly. Over 1,200 posts later, I think it is fitting that this should...
by Katie Machado | Jun 23, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Part One of this blog post is available HERE. Heat Related Stresses – How Grapevines Respond The death of some leaf tissues is a sacrificial, survival response to heat related stresses. It also is a permanent loss...
by Katie Machado | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. The period of time between veraison and harvest, commonly called ripening period, is an eventful time for grapevines. Berries normally increase in size by a factor of two or more during this time. Additionally,...
by Katie Machado | 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...
