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MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission's 2020 Annual Report is now available! Click on the image below to read through the 24-page report, which includes letters from the Commission Board Chair, Kendra Lange, and Executive...

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021.  BY TED RIEGER. Some Lodi winegrape growers are reporting grapevines and vineyard blocks with no vine growth or stunted vine growth this spring that appears to be related to cold injury damage experienced during an unusual cold weather event...

MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. What is happening out in Lodi vineyards today, during the merry, merry month of May? Pretty much the same as in most of California's vaunted wine regions, since vineyard growth patterns in Lodi mirror all but the most extreme...

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021.  BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. My old employer, Julio Gallo used to say, “the best care a vineyard receives is the footsteps of its owner.” In other words, the most important element of vineyard care is vineyard monitoring (Figure 1). As...

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. FARMING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS When it comes to sustainability, Lodi rules What began in 1992 as a grassroots education program in Lodi later became LODI RULES – the first comprehensive and, arguably, most...