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WHY LODI IS A VERDANT PARADISE FOR GRAPES, NOT A PARCHED CENTRAL VALLEY DESERT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: Overhead photo of Lodi wine festival in Lodi Lake Park, located along the Mokelumne River, the namesake of the appellation originally farmed by the region's pioneers, starting in the late 1840s. One of the...
“30 YEARS OF ROOTSTOCK RESEARCH: LIBERTY VINEYARD” EVENT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2022. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Please join the Lodi Winegrape Commission on Thursday, December 1st at Burgundy Hall to celebrate 30 Years of Rootstock Research at Liberty Vineyard! The meeting is co-hosted by the Lodi Winegrape Commission...
WINEGRAPE VARIETY FOCUS: PETITE SIRAH (DURIF)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although Petite Sirah is firmly associated with California, its homeland is southeast France. There the variety is known as Durif after Dr. Francois Durif, the French nurseryman who first discovered and...
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 9TH ANNUAL CA GREEN MEDAL AWARDS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022. BY WINE INSTITUTE. SAN FRANCISCO — California vineyards and wineries are encouraged to apply for the 2023 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards, with applications now being accepted at greenmedal.org. Vineyards...
NGRA’S INAUGURAL FELLOW: ABBY HAMMERMEISTER
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022. BY DONNELL BROWN, NGRA PRESIDENT. Abby Hammermeister of UC Davis Wins Three-Year Award with Research Focusing on Understanding Grapevine Stress Response to Heat and Drought In Spring 2022, the National Grape Research Alliance (NGRA)...
A LONG OVERLOOKED ITALIAN GRAPE – NEBBIOLO – HAS FOUND ITS PLACE IN LODI HILLSIDES
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...
DEEP TILLAGE FOR PREPARING & MAINTAINING VINEYARD ROOT ZONES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2022. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Topsoil tillage is a concept familiar to grape growers. It is so familiar, in fact, that most growers intuitively know the best implement and the best timing to incorporate weeds or cover crop residues into the...
INDEPENDENT ICONIC WINES CRAFTS LODI CINSAUT & ANCIENT VINE ZINFANDEL ANYONE WOULD LOVE TO DRINK
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 past four, or...
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