LWC BOARD MEETING
2023-08-09 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lodi Grape Festival – Barrel Room, 413 E. Lockeford Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
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NO IPM BREAKFAST MEETING
2023-09-05 08:00 - 09:30 | CA

CLEARING THE AIR: AG BURNING OUTREACH MEETING
2023-09-12 09:00 - 15:00 | Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center, 2101 East Earhart Av, Stockton, CA, United States
CLEARING THE AIR: AG BURNING OUTREACH MEETING
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Venue: Cabral Ag Center, 2101 E Earhart Ave, Stockton, CA 95206
Cost: FREE, all are welcome
Credits: 3 hrs CCA (Crop Management) approved
Proposed Agenda:
9 – 11:45am | Morning Presentations
• Open-air ag burning’s effects on air quality – CA Air Resources Board
• Burn day outlook and disease exemptions – SJ Valley Air Pollution Control District
• Explanation of current regulations and how to comply – SJ Valley Air Pollution Control District
• Incentive programs for vendors and growers – SJ Valley Air Pollution Control District
BREAK OUT TIME TO DIGEST INFORMATION AND SHARE THOUGHTS IN GROUPS
• Viticulture-specific challenges, including pest management – Lodi Winegrape Commission
• Open-air ag burning alternatives plus scale, costs, and logistics: curtain burners, grinders/chippers/shredders (and related hazards), trench burners, pyrolysis (biochar) units, international solutions
• Vineyard removal carbon sequestration opportunities – Monterey Pacific
11:45am – 12:15pm | Interaction Time (tables around the room with vendors, organizations, etc.)
12:15 – 1pm | Tri-Tip Lunch
1 – 3pm | Focused Topic Discussions in Classrooms: pyrolysis (biochar), curtain burners, incentives
Description: The goal of this meeting is to provide much-needed clarity and understanding amongst our winegrowing industry, the CA Air Resources Board, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, County Ag Commissioners, and policymakers around the topic of open-air ag burning restrictions and alternatives. There exists a lot of confusion on all sides at the moment, from the enforcers not understanding the nuances of the regulation to the growers not knowing how to legally remove a vineyard. The Lodi Winegrape Commission has learned that by getting everyone involved in one room to have informed discussions around a complex challenge, much progress can be made and it is easier to move forward in a positive and collaborative manner. As we’ve done with Mealybug & Virus Outreach Meetings, there will be a time in the morning for presentations followed by organized interaction time with key companies and organizations. Lunch will be served, then attendees will be invited into classrooms for smaller focused discussions.
RSVP by September 7: To the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com.
Lunch is sponsored by the Lodi Winegrape Commission, the Lodi District Grape Growers Association, and the California Association of Winegrape Growers.

REC COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-09-19 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-11-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING
2023-10-03 08:00 - 09:30 | Burgundy Hall – Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E. Lockeford Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING.
Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Time: 8:00 – 9:30am
Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA
Cost: FREE, all are welcome
Credits: 1.5 hrs DPR CE (OTHER) approved
Special Guests & Topics:

Justin Tanner, PhD, UC Farm Advisor – Rot Management
Tegan Turner, Ag Commissioner’s Office – DPR Private Applicator test review session
LODI RULES Committee – PEAS 2.0 Pesticide Risk Calculations for LODI RULES Sustainable Winegrowing Program

Who Should Attend: Local Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), GROWERS who manage their own pest control (PRIVATE APPLICATORS) or who have pest control questions, anyone looking for viticulture DPR CE credits, viticulture TECHNICAL ADVISORS in Lodi, and winemakers/grower relations personnel interested in learning about vineyard pest management.
Description: Our group meets monthly to discuss current vineyard pests and their management. The goal is to create a strong local network for communicating the best IPM strategies and for support in solving viticultural anomalies. This month, Dr. Justin Tanner (UC Farm Advisor) will discuss rot management, Tegan Turner (Ag Commissioner’s Office) will host a Private Applicator DPR test review session, and then we’ll have a LODI RULES PEAS 2.0 help session.
RSVP: To the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com.

WINERY MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-10-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States
Agenda TBD

POSTPONED (ANT & MEALYBUG RESEARCH FIELD DAY)
2023-10-12 08:00 - 12:00 | Bare Ranch, 19877 Davis Rd, Lodi, CA 95242
ANT & MEALYBUG RESEARCH FIELD DAY.
Date: TBD – the organizers had to postpone this event until the Spring
Description: David Haviland (UC), Nathan Mercer, PhD and Kent Daane, PhD will share their research on a new ant control method for mealybugs in vineyards, with an in-field demonstration of the new baits and applications. More details to come.

LODI RULES COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-10-30 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-12-18 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-12-29 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-01-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

GROWER MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-11-01 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-02-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING
2023-11-07 08:00 - 09:30 | Burgundy Hall – Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E. Lockeford Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Time: 8:00 – 9:30am
Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA
Cost: FREE, all are welcome & encouraged to attend
Credits: 1.5 hrs DPR CE (OTHER) approved
Special Guest & Topic: Vince Arellano, Senior Environmental Scientist, CDFA – Oriental Fruit Fly
Who Should Attend: Local Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), GROWERS who manage their own pest control (PRIVATE APPLICATORS) or who have pest control questions, anyone looking for viticulture DPR CE credits, viticulture TECHNICAL ADVISORS in Lodi, and winemakers/grower relations personnel interested in learning about vineyard pest management.
Description: Our group meets monthly to discuss current vineyard pests and their management. The goal is to create a strong local network for communicating the best IPM strategies and for support in solving viticultural anomalies. Fruit flies have been a big problem this year in many crops across California. This month, our IPM meeting will focus on the California-quarantined oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis, detected in Sacramento Co. on September 12, 2023) and its threat to vineyards. Damage occurs when the female lays her eggs inside fruit, which then hatch into maggots. Note that this species is not the one responsible for typical sour rot.
For general information on the oriental fruit fly, the University of Florida has a nice overview here (note that is has not been updated since 2016): entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/tropical/oriental_fruit_fly.htm.
View the CDFA’s current map of California quarantines to see if your property is inside or outside a quarantined region here: cdfa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d76b6122de514808bf89dc4438d6fb09.
RSVP: To the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com.

WINERY MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-11-14 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-12-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-11-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

LWC BOARD MEETING
2023-11-16 12:30 - 14:30 | Barrel Room – Lodi Grape Festival, 431 E. Lockeford St, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States

CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING
2023-12-05 08:00 - 09:30 | Burgundy Hall – Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E. Lockeford Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Time: 8:00 – 9:30am
Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA
Cost: FREE, all are welcome
Credits: 1.5 hrs DPR CE (OTHER) approved
Special Guest & Topic: Roger Baldwin, PhD, UCCE – Rodents
Who Should Attend: Local Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), GROWERS who manage their own pest control (PRIVATE APPLICATORS) or who have pest control questions, anyone looking for viticulture DPR CE credits, viticulture TECHNICAL ADVISORS in Lodi, and winemakers/grower relations personnel interested in learning about vineyard pest management.
Description: Our group meets monthly to discuss current vineyard pests and their management. The goal is to create a strong local network for communicating the best IPM strategies and for support in solving viticultural anomalies. This month Roger Baldwin, PhD, with the UC Cooperative Extension will talk about IPM strategies for ground squirrels and other rodents in the vineyard.
RSVP: To the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
2023-12-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Lodi Winegrape Commission, 2545 West Turner Road, Lodi, 95242, United States

ANNUAL LODI RULES GROWER & WINERY MEETING
2024-01-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Burgundy Hall – Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E. Lockeford Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
ANNUAL LODI RULES GROWER & WINERY MEETING.
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Time: 10:00am – lunch
Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA
Cost: FREE, all are welcome
Description: The LODI RULES Community – growers, vintners, supporters, & leaders – gathers annually to connect with each other, discuss the previous certification year and learn something new. Attending this annual meeting ensures that you have the latest resources to get the most out of LODI RULES, engages you with your LODI RULES community, and informs you of any important program changes. At this meeting, we are excited to host a “Pathways to Profitability” panel discussion and share a LODI RULES PEAS 2.0 self-calculating Excel template created by PCA Nick Sysock. We’ll also unveil our LODI RULES PEAS 2.0 Field Guide, which breaks down the type of risk for each material included in PEAS 2.0. We’re offering both an in-person event on January 18 in Lodi and a virtual option on January 19.
RSVP: By January 16 to the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com. Include the names of attendees and whether they are staying for lunch and/or the Sustainable Vision Workshop which follows the main meeting.

LODI RULES SUSTAINABLE VISION WORKSHOP
2024-01-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Barrel Room – Lodi Grape Festival, 431 E. Lockeford St, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
LODI RULES SUSTAINABLE VISION WORKSHOP.

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024

Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm (following the Annual Meeting)

Venue: Barrel Room, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA

Description: This workshop with Cowboy Conservationist Kent Reeves satisfies part of the requirement for LR Standard 1.1. Once you attend one vision workshop, it counts for your lifetime. All LODI RULES growers and wineries are welcome to attend. We typically offer two Vision Workshops per year. The second one will be scheduled for the Spring and will be virtual. This year we will emphasize understanding your farming operation resources and farm/income diversification.

RSVP: To the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com.

VITICULTURE X GAMES: EXTREME WEATHER WINEGROWING
2024-01-23 09:30 - 11:00 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
VITICULTURE X GAMES: EXTREME WEATHER WINEGROWING
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Time: 9:30 – 11:00am
Venue: SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Ballroom B6, 1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Cost: Click HERE for pricing
Credits: 1.5 hrs CCA CEU (Climate Effects on Production Agriculture) – approved
Speakers:

Stephanie Bolton, PhD, Lodi Winegrape Commission – Moderator
Ben Kolber, KG Vineyard Management
Mark Krstic, PhD, Australian Wine Research Institute
Misty Oebel, MS, Michigan State University Extension

Description: The wine industry across the globe is experiencing an increasing number and frequency of devastating extreme weather events, including wildfires, floods, hurricanes, heat domes, earthquakes, frosts, spring freezes, windstorms, and droughts. We’ll briefly commiserate over the wildest examples of wine region weather disasters then invite a panel of practitioners to discuss, with audience participation, how we can best prepare for and respond to these chaotic conditions with energy and strength. Nearly all climate talks focus on building resiliency into our vineyards, but we’re adding an important missing piece: how to build resiliency in ourselves, our employees, and our wine regions. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Agenda:
9:30 – 9:35am Opening introduction with examples of extreme weather events
9:35 – 9:45am Share at tables: What is the WORST extreme weather agriculture story you have experienced, seen, or heard about?
9:45 – 10:05am Keynote presentation by Dr. Mark Krstic on extreme weather effects
10:05 – 10:15am Presentation by Misty Oebel on farmer well-being under chaos and stress
10:15 – 10:25am The grower perspective conversation with Ben Kolber
10:25 – 10:35am Audience Q&A
10:35 – 10:50am Table brainstorming facilitated by leaders on how to build resiliency into our wine culture
10:50 – 11:00am Closing remarks – each table shares one practical thought
Handout: Available here.

REC COMMITTEE MEETING
2024-01-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Lodi Wine Visitor Center, 2545 W Turner Rd, Lodi, CA, 95242, United States

LODI GRAPE DAY
2024-02-06 07:00 - 14:00 | Hutchins Street Square, 125 South Hutchins Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
LODI GRAPE DAY.
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Time: 7:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: Hutchins Street Square, 125 S. Hutchins St, Lodi, CA 95240
Cost: FREE for morning sessions only | $30 for morning sessions, lunch, & keynote speaker
Credits: 2.5 hrs DPR CE – applied for
Speakers & Topics:

Noelymar Gonzalez-Maldonado, UC Davis – Regenerative Soil Health
Lee Johnson, CSU Monterey Bay – Open Evapotranspiration (ET) Data for Effective Water Management
Karl Lund, PhD, UCCE Farm Advisor, Madera County – Alternative Rootstocks
Matthew W. Fidelibus, PhD, UCCE Cooperative Extension Specialist, Viticulture – High-Resolution Nutrition and Potassium Management
Stephanie Bolton, PhD, Lodi Winegrape Commission – Lodi’s Long-Term Strategy for Getting a Grip on Mealybugs & Viruses: Let’s Make a Plan
Justin Tanner, PhD, UCCE Northern San Joaquin Viticulture Farm Advisor – 2023 Year in Review

Description: The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce’s Agribusiness Committee and the University of California Cooperative Extension invite you to Grape Day on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. With the challenges facing grape growers today, the information shared at the Grape Day symposium about improving yields, fighting diseases, market trends, and mechanization technologies is more critical than ever. The morning session covers relevant viticulture topics with discussions led by industry experts. Then growers, pest control advisors, winery personnel, bankers, and business leaders gather together for a special luncheon featuring a keynote speaker. Attendance during the morning presentations and wine tasting is free and open to everyone (RSVP required). Tickets are required for the luncheon and keynote speaker presentation.
Registration (required): To register, click HERE.

LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION ANNUAL MEETING
2024-02-07 16:00 - 18:30 | Hutchins Street Square, 125 South Hutchins Street, Lodi, CA, 95240, United States
LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION ANNUAL MEETING.
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4:00 – 6:30pm
Venue: Hutchins Street Square, Kisrt Hall, 125 S. Hutchins Street, Lodi, CA
Cost: FREE, all are welcome & encouraged to attend
Description: Join us on Wednesday, February 7, at Kirst Hall, Hutchins Street Square (125 S. Hutchins St., Lodi) for the Lodi Winegrape Commission Annual Meeting. We will be sharing highlights from 2023 activities as well as initiatives for 2024. Following the presentation, we will enjoy a delicious sampling of Lodi-grown wines from various producers. Agenda is as follows:
4:00pm – Welcome
4:30pm – Presentation
5:00-6:30pm – Social & Wine Tasting
RSVP: By February 2 to the Lodi Winegrape Commission by phone 209.367.4727 or email info@lodiwine.com. Click HERE to view Board Agenda.

AGRICULTURE & EDUCATION INDUSTRY MIXER
2024-02-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Acquiesce Winery, 22353 N Tretheway Rd, Acampo, CA, 95220, United States
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 8:00am – 12:30pm
Venue: Acquiesce Winery, 22353 N Tretheway Rd, Acampo, CA 95220
Cost: FREE
Description: Meet Lodi Agriculture industry partners, hear about San Joaquin A+’s mission to improve public education, and learn how to participate in an exciting new summer internship program.
RSVP: Please click HERE.
