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THE WINE & GRAPE MARKET
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. COVID not only upended our lives but upended the wine and grape market in ways no one expected. Prior to the lockdowns that took effect in March, on-premise sales (restaurants, bars, etc.)...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OWN-ROOTED OLD VINES IN LODI
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. They are called "own-rooted." Growers in Lodi have also used terms like "natural roots" and "wild-rooted." Whatever it's called, the vast majority of old vines planted before the mid-1960s in Lodi were planted on their...
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR WEED SCIENCE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020. BY LARRY WHITTED, INDEPENDENT PCA. Several years ago, for my birthday, my oldest daughter gave me a copy of a book by A.J. Jacobs entitled The Know-It-All. While I couldn’t understand the reasoning behind that particular gift, my friends...
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR VINEYARD BUSINESSES
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2020. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although we always hope for the best, the future of any vineyard business is uncertain. Possibly, some future events and outcomes could be detrimental to a vineyard's profitability or create income...
WHY LODI? THE ANSWER FROM THE BRITISH EYE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020. BY ROB MACCULLOCH MW, GDIP ENOLOGY & VITICULTURE. In 2012, I traveled to the USA for a three-week-long research project. In Lodi. Why Lodi? Because of the acreage of old vine Zinfandel. Sure, old vines were central to the project, but so...
HISTORIC VINEYARD SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
NOVEMBER 2, 2020. BY HISTORIC VINEYARD SOCIETY. Dear friends, Since Historic Vineyard Society (HVS) launched almost ten years ago, we have been driven by our commitment to preserving California's historic vineyards. Many of these vines have been around much...
LODI WINE MASTERCLASS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission is pleased to announce its 2020 partnership with SommFoundation, one of the industry’s most progressive nonprofit organizations dedicated to the enrichment of wine and spirits...
LODI BY THE NUMBERS & WHERE IT STANDS AMONG THE REST OF THE WORLD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. To get a true grip on the role Lodi plays in the world of wines, you need to see where the state of California stands in it. According to the California Wine Institute's Discover California Wines website, California has a...
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