Coffee Shop Blog

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: McCay Cellars raising a toast in one of his old vine Zinfandel blocks. California's 2023 harvest, you might have heard, was problematic, especially in the Lodi appellation. In Lodi, the challenges were more...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024.  BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many pollinating insects are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The population of Western monarch butterflies has declined 95% since the 1980s, due to a variety of reasons, including habitat loss and...

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024.  BY TAWNY MATA, PhD, CDFA. As many of you are aware, California is facing revenue projections that are likely to result in less state funding for sustainable agriculture incentive programs. Luckily, at the same time, the federal government...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024.  BY LOTTIE DAWSON. Soil health is a constant worry for anyone whose business relies upon crop yields to survive. While we benefit from fantastic growing capabilities across the Lodi area and our grapes are of exceptional quality, there are...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024.  BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. At the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium’s State of the Industry presentation on January 24, Jeff Bitter with Allied Grape Growers recommended that California needs to remove a minimum of 50,000...