Coffee Shop Blog
MEET LODI GROWER LOUIS ABBA, Jr
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Louis Abba, Jr Abba Vineyards / Owner & Grower HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEEN FARMING WINEGRAPES? I have been farming winegrapes since I was 8 years old, with my family and our vineyards for...
LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION WELCOMES 2023-2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The new 2023-2024 Lodi Winegrape Commission Board of Directors assumed service and elected officers this month. New Board Members Pieter A. den Hartog and Hadyn Schatz join current Commissioners Phil Abba, Jason...
CLEARING THE AIR: AG BURNING RESTRICTIONS TO BE EXPLAINED 9/12
AUGUST 21, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission has learned through the mealybug and virus crisis that by getting everyone involved in one room to have informed discussions around a complex challenge, much progress...
THE DELAYED ARRIVAL OF 2023’S VERAISON SIGNALS A SLIGHTLY LATER HARVEST
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: July 22, 2023: onset of veraison in old vine Grenache (planted in 1942) in Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. What happens during veraison During one particularly long, bumpy drive up on Mendocino...
SEEKING FARMERS FOR SHORT-TERM FLOODING: BIRDRETURNS PROGRAM
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023. BY BILLY ABBOTT, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. The BirdReturns-Delta Farmlands Program is an opportunity in late summer-early fall this year for farmers and landowners in the Yolo and Delta Basins of the Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San...
HOW LODI DEFIES CLIMATE-RELATED ASSUMPTIONS
MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: 2022 harvest in Lodi, a wine region in which warm climatic conditions are utilized to optimal advantage. Boy, it's been a hot July. Everywhere. This, ironically, follows an unusually cool month of June in...
WINE APPRECIATION COURSES AT SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College is now offering wine appreciation courses for the Fall 2023 quarter, with some beginning as early as August 21, 2023. Course information provided by Delta College is below. How to...
VINEPAIR WINE 101 PODCAST: AMERICA – LODI AVA
MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023. BY VINEPAIR. VinePair's Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover. In this series, they shine a light on some of the great wines being made beyond the more well-known AVAs. In Northern California, just east of San Francisco...
Lodi Weather
