by Lodi Growers | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023. BY BRAD WILMOT, WESTERN WEATHER GROUP. A serious case of weather whiplash has hit California this winter, where a few extremely dry years have been followed by a seemingly endless parade of storms. Winter started fairly early in 2022, with the...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Long-overlooked old vines finally get their due In France plantings of old vines are called vielles vignes (pronounced “VEE-le VEE-nye”). In Germany, alte reben (“AL-teh RAY-ben”). In Spain, vina...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 2, 2022
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Time: 8:00 – 9:30am Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA Cost: FREE Credits: 1.5 hrs DPR (OTHER) approved Special Guest: Tia Russell, Duarte Nursery Special Topic: Clean Nursery Stock...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 24, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: Anaya Vineyards Clements Hills-Lodi Nebbiolo in the light of harvest morning. Among the many wine grapes commercially grown in Lodi—over 125 of them, at last count—there is one that has remained obscurity...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: On a 2022 harvest morning, gnarly, own-rooted 120-year-old Schmiedt family-grown Zinfandel going into Icon’s “Old Gods” bottling. One of the big stories in Lodi wine country just over the...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. HISTORY Typically, research by a trade association like the Lodi Winegrape Commission is done by allocating funds towards projects deemed as priority needs. Requests for proposals...
