by Lodi Growers | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2018. BY BOB HIGHFILL. Lodi transforms during harvest. The area takes on a different look and feel. Earthy aromas waft as workers tend the vineyards, and pick-ups line roads in clusters here and there where the action is taking place. Tractors amble...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 9, 2018 | Blog
JULY 9, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Sauvignon blanc (a.k.a. Sauvignon, Fumé blanc) so • vin • yon blahnk At the Lake County Sauvignon Blanc Experience event in May, the famous French ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot explained that the name is derived from the...
by Guest Contributor | May 3, 2018 | Blog
By Stan Grant We have explored various aspects of water management in vineyards in past Lodi Growers Coffee Shop postings, but we have yet to consider economics, as we will here. For the sake of this discussion, we will assume competent vineyard management, adequate...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
One of the most challenging operations in Lodi vineyards is to pre-prune. It can be difficult to choose pre-pruning equipment since Lodi growers are using multiple different trellis systems (and sometimes also odd configurations within those trellis...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Now is the time to clean out your barn owl nesting boxes, which depending on where you live are usually empty from Halloween until early December! Much like teenagers, the owls don’t clean out their own nests (which they create from regurgitated pellets –...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 20, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The Lodi Winegrape Commission and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) have a long history of working together to achieve our common goal of communicating research insights about best management practices to Lodi growers. In light of this, the...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The extreme drought that has gripped California over the past several years is causing onerous adjustments in the natural and human environments. Agriculture, which uses much of the state’s water, is at the center of many of these arduous responses. The 2015 impacts...
