Coffee Shop Blog
LWC ANNOUNCES 2022-2023 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS & ALTERNATES
JULY 4, 2022. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission's Board is comprised of nine volunteer Commissioners and an additional nine Alternates. The Board supports the Commission's mission statement: "To empower all Lodi Crush District 11 winegrowers...
LODI GRAPE HARVEST SAFETY SEMINAR
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. All are welcome to sign up and join the Lodi District Grape Growers Association and the Lodi Winegrape Commission for our annual Lodi Grape Harvest Safety Seminar on July 19, 2022. Seminars are offered in both...
WHAT THE NATION’S SOMMELIERS ARE SAYING ABOUT LODI IN 2022
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Visiting veteran restaurant wine professionals Bree Serpenti and Diego Rech marveling at ancient vine Zinfandel in Marian's Vineyard (planted in 1901). What do seasoned restaurant wine professionals think...
WHAT I LEARNED FROM COVID-19
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2022. BY LARRY WHITTED, PCA, CCA. COVID-19 taught me an important lesson about grapevine powdery mildew. I should have already learned this lesson from watching meteorologists predicting the path of hurricanes, but I didn’t. Here is the lesson: “All...
SOIL MAPPING FOR FINE-TUNED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022. BY MATT COMREY, TECHNICAL NUTRITION AGRONOMIST, WILBUR-ELLIS AGRIBUSINESS. This year will likely prove as challenging a year as any in the recent past due to supply chain disruptions, commodity pricing, and drought here in the Central Valley....
IS CRITICISM OF ORGANIC OR SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING PROGRAMS ADDING TO CONSUMERS’ DISTRUST OR CONFUSION?
MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Vino Farms Vineyard Manager, Marisela Granados, with Vermentino from The Bench Vineyard, cultivated both sustainably and biodynamically (two farming systems that are not diametrically opposed) in Lodi's...
DPR ACCEPTING IPM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
MAY 23, 2022. BY CALIFORNIA DPR. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is accepting nominations for the annual Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Achievement Awards through June 30, 2022! The IPM Achievement Awards recognize people and organizations...
PARTS OF THE GRAPE VINE: FLOWERS & FRUIT
MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022. BY ED HELLMAN, TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION. REVIEWED BY TIM MARTINSON, CORNELL UNIVERSITY & PATTY SKINKIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. Flowers and Fruit A fruitful shoot will usually produce one to three flower clusters (inflorescences) depending...
Lodi Weather
