by Lodi Growers | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
OCTOBER 19. 2017. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Every business has an identity – that is a commonly held impression of its character within its market. For example, those of us involved in the winegrape industry hold certain perceptions about other vineyard...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Wine industry leaders have formed a support network to provide immediate assistance and long-term aid to victims of the fires ravaging Northern California and are calling on the national wine community for additional help. Organized by a group of association leaders...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Premiumization. It’s a word that prevails today when attempting to describe a main characteristic of the wine business. You won’t find this word in the Merriam-Webster, Cambridge or Oxford Dictionaries, but according to Wiktionary on-line, it’s “The move toward more...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
How did California become the home of the largest new world wine industry? While the answer is multifaceted, one factor looms large and that is viticultural research. This story begins in 1880, when the state legislature passed a law that charged the University of...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
One of the newest educational activities on the calendar for the Lodi Winegrape Commission is a monthly Lodi CD11 PCA Network Breakfast Meeting that is held on the first Tuesday morning of each month. You can find the time and location of the meetings at...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
At over $12 billion annually, the research and development (R&D) tax credit is one of the largest tax incentives available to businesses. For wineries and grape growers, the potential tax savings could be significant. Yet many Northern California wineries and...
