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INDEPENDENT ICONIC WINES CRAFTS LODI CINSAUT & ANCIENT VINE ZINFANDEL ANYONE WOULD LOVE TO DRINK
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: On a 2022 harvest morning, gnarly, own-rooted 120-year-old Schmiedt family-grown Zinfandel going into Icon's "Old Gods" bottling. One of the big stories in Lodi wine country just over the past four, or...
LODI’S VITICULTURE RESEARCH VISION EXPANDS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. HISTORY Typically, research by a trade association like the Lodi Winegrape Commission is done by allocating funds towards projects deemed as priority needs. Requests for proposals...
2022 SUSTAINABLE AG EXPO
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. It's hard to believe that this is the 18th year of the Sustainable Ag Expo! What started as a one-day educational event has evolved to a full three-day conference with top notch experts and a full service trade show. We've...
SOIL COMPACTION: A STEALTHY THIEF
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. In vineyards, some problems develop fast, like powdery mildew epidemics and heat stress. These become apparent within days after initiation. Other problems are more insidious, slowly revealing themselves over...
ANCELLOTTA, ASSYRTIKO, CHARDONNAY ROSE, MACABEO, PARELLADA, PRIETO PICUDO AND XARELO ARE AMONG THE LATEST GRAPES OF LODI
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: Dr. Stephanie Bolton, Lodi Winegrape Commission's director of sustainable winegrowing, examining a rare, "new" cultivar called Chardonnay rosa now grown in Lodi. The Lodi Viticultural Area is, if...
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