by Lodi Growers | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Remote sensing is a valuable tool for vineyard managers to assess several aspects of their viticultural operations, including pest management programs. Remote sensing refers to the use of aircraft or satellites to provide pictures or digital images of vineyards....
by Lodi Growers | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Silvaspoons Vineyards owner/grower Ron Silva with his Alvarinho, a Portuguese clonal variant of Albariño. Why Albariño is such a natural in Lodi Albariño—a grape variety native to Spain’s Rías...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Vermentino regeneratively grown by Vino Farms in Lodi’s Clements Hills AVA for AVIVO Wines. Ridgely Evers—called “Ridge” by friends, family, and colleagues—is excited by the two latest...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST.A vineyard floor is an interface between the atmosphere above and the soil below, which affects both. Vineyard floor effects gradually change over the course of a growing season in concert with changes in the...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2020. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. In the California wine industry, the emphasis on grape quality has increased over the last couple of decades and for good reason – quality sets competitors apart in the grape and wine markets. However, for...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Some wine grape growers prefer to dry farm wine grapes, while others have no choice because either they have no water for irrigation or no means to apply water during the growing season. Of course, dry farming is as old as grapevine cultivation and it remains a...
