by Lodi Growers | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Vineyards
JULY 23, 2018. BY STAN GRANT. Wine grapes with certain defects are undesirable for winemaking. These defects fall into two principal categories – compositional and physical. Only a few compositional flaws are discernable in wine grapes while still on the vine, such...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 23, 2018 | Vineyards
I must start by saying there really isn’t a mechanical leafer I’ve met that I didn’t like. It doesn’t matter what brand I’m working with, they all seem to do a good job. When they are not doing well, it seems to always be a timing issue. So, I thought it would be good...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 9, 2018 | Vineyards
Voles (Figure 1) are short, stocky rodents that often cause extensive girdling damage to a variety of tree and vine crops throughout California (Figure 2). Vole management is often quite challenging given how numerous they can be in a given area. In more recent...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Vineyards
Many felt like mildew was raining down last year and nothing they did would slow it down. You might have heard of the results from our American Vineyard Foundation (AVF) funded research on DMI (FRAC 3) and strobilurin (FRAC 11) fungicide resistant powdery mildew and...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog, Grapes, LODI RULES, Vineyards, Wine
MOST EXTENSIVE LODI “VINES AND WINES” REPORT JUST RELEASED! by International Wine Review. Towards the end of 2017, Lodi hosted the International Wine Review duo of Don Winkler and Mike Potashnik. These two worldly gentleman professionally and thoroughly...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 18, 2018 | Blog, LODI RULES, sustainability, Vineyards
This January, we had SO much fun filming a video where children and grandchildren of LODI RULES farmers and vintners explain SUSTAINABILITY. Watch ten adorable children, without any preparation, give incredibly insightful and often funny views on sustainability. A...
