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MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2022.  BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD. The Lodi Winegrape Commission is thrilled to release the newly accredited Fourth Edition LODI RULES Sustainable Winegrowing Certification Standards! The goal of the Fourth Edition is to improve the LODI RULES...

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image:  Wine lovers in Lodi's Clements Hills appellation. Consumers rule. Or put it this way: They make the rules, which can be loosely defined because, well, they're the consumers. Details don't matter when they...

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022.  BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Just as careful monitoring of vineyard conditions in the field is foundational to successful viticulture (Figure 1), attentive monitoring of operating economics is fundamental to the success of the vineyard...

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image:  Overhead photo of Lodi wine festival in Lodi Lake Park, located along the Mokelumne River, the namesake of the appellation originally farmed by the region's pioneers, starting in the late 1840s. One of the...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2022.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Please join the Lodi Winegrape Commission on Thursday, December 1st at Burgundy Hall to celebrate 30 Years of Rootstock Research at Liberty Vineyard! The meeting is co-hosted by the Lodi Winegrape Commission...