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HERE COMES THE MILDEW AGAIN: THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING POWDERY MILDEW IN THE ERA OF FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE
Many felt like mildew was raining down last year and nothing they did would slow it down. You might have heard of the results from our American Vineyard Foundation (AVF) funded research on DMI (FRAC 3) and strobilurin (FRAC 11) fungicide resistant powdery mildew and...
LODI AVA VINES & WINES REPORT RELEASED!
MOST EXTENSIVE LODI "VINES AND WINES" REPORT JUST RELEASED! by International Wine Review. Towards the end of 2017, Lodi hosted the International Wine Review duo of Don Winkler and Mike Potashnik. These two worldly gentleman professionally and thoroughly study a wine...
ZINFEST 2018 – SAVE THE DATE!
Vintner’s Grille Each year, the Lodi ZinFest’s Friday night Vintner’s Grille at the Lake is a special affair where you can mix and mingle with Lodi’s finest winemakers and growers, while watching the sun sink into Lodi Lake. Enjoy the region’s finest pairing of...
VINEYARD DESIGN & MANAGEMENT FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY
FEBRUARY 22, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Management actions have two essential performance attributes - effectiveness and efficiency. To achieve maximum effectiveness or impact, one must do the proper thing at the right time. To achieve maximum efficiency,...
KIDS EXPLAIN SUSTAINABILITY
This January, we had SO much fun filming a video where children and grandchildren of LODI RULES farmers and vintners explain SUSTAINABILITY. Watch ten adorable children, without any preparation, give incredibly insightful and often funny views on sustainability. A...
BENEFICIAL INSECTS: why we love them & why you should too!
From thoroughly studying the vine mealybug situation in Lodi, we've had the pleasure of learning a lot about beneficial insects. They deserve so much more attention than they get, and here's why. BENEFICIAL INSECTS: insects that help a farmer by parasitizing or...
THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL VINEYARD MANAGEMENT
JANUARY 26, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. There are many ways to approach winegrape growing. Dry farmed, irrigated, till, minimum till, no-till, conventional, sustainable, organic, and biodynamic to name a few. Yet, regardless of approach, some grape growers...
LODI RULES GOES INTERNATIONAL
Esteemed California Sustainable Winegrowing Program LODI RULES™ Goes International Israel’s Golan Heights and Galil Mountain Wineries Achieve Historic Certification January 18, 2018, LODI, CA – The LODI RULES™ Sustainable Winegrowing Program,...
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