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MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2022.  BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, STAN GRANT, and MATT WANINK. Featured image showing frost damage on young shoots in the Lodi AVA (Peltier Rd & Davis Rd), courtesy of Lodi Winegrape Commission Board Member Bruce Fry of Mohr-Fry Ranches. Since March 1,...

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Lodi's Somers Vineyard — old vine Mission planted right alongside the winding Mokelumne River. One of the most interesting things to happen in the Lodi appellation just over the past three, four years is the...

MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors play a significant role in agriculture, connecting the entire industry with the latest science coming out of the university...

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022.  BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although we walk and drive on them regularly, we tend to give little thought to vineyard floors other than those directed toward controlling weeds. And yet vineyard floors play pivotal roles in vineyards, residing...

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022.  BY LISA CANTRELL, PhD, CAPITAL STORYTELLING. What causes a buyer to choose your grapes? Certainly the grape variety, the vines, the soil, the farming practices, the price, and the climate in which the fruit was grown all matter. However, even...