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Q & A WITH GROWERS AND CONSULTANTS WHO ACTUALLY USE AERIAL IMAGERY…
AUGUST 13, 2018. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON. We asked four local guys four questions and here is what they said. 1. What do you look for in an aerial imagery company or system? GROWER #1: Efficiency and reliability are important because if they can’t make it to your...
BENEFICIAL INSECT DRONES!
AUGUST 6, 2018. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON. It isn't every day or everywhere that children get to take part in vineyard pest control. On Tuesday, July 24th, 2018, Jay Leone and the other members of the Lodi Winegrape Commission's Mealybug Biocontrol Research Focus Group and...
LODI NOMINATED FOR BEST WINE REGION
JULY 30, 2018. The LODI, California AVA has been nominated in USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice travel award - wine regions contest! If you haven't checked out USA Today's 10Best Reader's Choice Awards yet, you are in for a treat! These awards are a wonderful...
MINIMIZING COMMON PHYSICAL BERRY DEFECTS
JULY 23, 2018. BY STAN GRANT. Wine grapes with certain defects are undesirable for winemaking. These defects fall into two principal categories – compositional and physical. Only a few compositional flaws are discernable in wine grapes while still on the vine, such...
VARIETAL FOCUS: TEMPRANILLO
JULY 16, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Tempranillo (a.k.a Tinta Roriz) tem • prah • knee • oh Tempranillo is known by over a dozen synonyms in its native country of Spain. In Portugal’s Douro region, where it is used for Port, it is called Tinta Roriz. The name of the...
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