by Lodi Growers | Feb 18, 2022
CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING. Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Time: 8:00 – 9:30am Venue: Burgundy Hall, Grape Festival Grounds, 413 E Lockeford St, Lodi, CA Cost: FREE Credits: 1.5 hrs DPR (OTHER) approved Special Guest: Mary Wildermuth, PhD, UC Berkeley...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 22, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2021. BY TED RIEGER. Post-harvest vineyard management practices are important to prepare grapevines to shut down for winter dormancy and to withstand cold temperatures while also storing reserves in woody tissues to begin spring growth for the...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Pinot noir is the grape of Burgundy, which is among the most revered red wines in the world. Pinot noir is also a very old grape variety. In fact, Roman writings suggest Pinot noir was already cultivated in Gaul...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Fortunately for California vineyard managers, they have fewer foliar fungal diseases to contend with than vineyard managers in many other grape-growing regions of the world. Still, fungal disease control...
by Lodi Growers | May 3, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. My old employer, Julio Gallo used to say, “the best care a vineyard receives is the footsteps of its owner.” In other words, the most important element of vineyard care is vineyard monitoring (Figure 1). As...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog
AUGUST 3, 2020. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. In most grape purchase contracts, soluble solids are the principal criteria for scheduling harvests. Soluble solids are critically important for wineries because their concentration in the fruit determines potential wine...
