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USDA RELEASES FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY TO COMBAT SPOTTED LANTERNFLY
MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023. BY USDA (APHIS). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group has released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Five-Year Strategy for fiscal years...
WEST COAST SMOKE EXPOSURE TASK FORCE’S SMOKE SUMMIT
MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. The West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force (WCSETF) hosted its 3rd Annual Smoke Summit virtually on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Nearly 500 attendees registered and tuned in to learn about everything...
WHY LODI GROWERS TAX THEMSELVES
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Recently, the Lodi Winegrape Commission was featured in a public television short-form documentary video project to tell the unique story of our regional self-funded grower outreach and...
MEET LODI GROWER JACYLYN STOKES & HER CONTEMPORARY ROSÉ
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: La Belle Nue proprietor Jacylyn Stokes among her family's grapevines, which she also manages. Once upon a time, Jacylyn Stokes bid farewell to her home and family in Lodi. This only made her eventual return...
TEAM LED BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION AWARDED $400,000+ TO STUDY CANINE DETECTION OF MEALYBUGS & LEAFROLL VIRUS
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. A team led by the Lodi Winegrape Commission was awarded a $428,111 Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) research grant to determine whether the robust olfactory senses of canines can detect vine mealybugs and...
WHY IT’S PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO PROTECT YOUR VINEYARD FROM MEALYBUGS & VIRUSES IN CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Today, most winegrowers are aware of the high risk for leafroll virus infection when there are mealybugs in their vineyard and/or in neighboring vineyards. Mealybugs and scale insects are...
WHAT BOB DYLAN HAS TO DO WITH GOOD TASTE IN WINE, ROBERT MONDAVI & LODI HISTORY
MONDAY, MAY 29, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Faces of the Lodi wine industry today: Melinda Kearney (middle) going through her handcrafted old vine cuvées with her Lorenza Wine partner Michele Ouellet Benson (right) and winemaker Bree Serpenti (left). I...
SUMMER WINE COURSES AT DELTA COLLEGE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College, a junior/community college headquartered in Stockton, CA, is excited to announce the renewal of Cul Art 32 Evaluation of Wine to be offered this summer. The course will once again be...
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