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A LOOK BACK AT 2022’s INCREASING CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR NATURAL, ORGANIC, OR SUSTAINABLY GROWN WINES
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...
MONITORING VINEYARD BUSINESS ECONOMICS
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...
WHY LODI IS A VERDANT PARADISE FOR GRAPES, NOT A PARCHED CENTRAL VALLEY DESERT
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...
“30 YEARS OF ROOTSTOCK RESEARCH: LIBERTY VINEYARD” EVENT
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...
WINEGRAPE VARIETY FOCUS: PETITE SIRAH (DURIF)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although Petite Sirah is firmly associated with California, its homeland is southeast France. There the variety is known as Durif after Dr. Francois Durif, the French nurseryman who first discovered and...
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