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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023.  BY ROLAND RIESEN, PhD, CHAIRMAN OF IVES. Why – the vision High-quality scientific research and the dissemination of its results are crucial to help advance knowledge in any industry or service. Typically, research results are published in...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Craig Haarmeyer, a winemaker widely admired for his adamantly low intervention winemaking, sharing the love with Lodi grown Chenin blanc. I recently came across an article entitled "What is natural wine?"...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023.  BY NUFFIELD INTERNATIONAL - USA. The featured image is of Dr. Stephanie Bolton (pictured center) on her Nuffield Global Focus Program in March 2023, visiting Mike Casey (pictured left) and Euan White (pictured right) of the world's first...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2023.  BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. The Vineyard Team recently shared the lineup of speakers presenting at the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo on Tuesday, November 14, and Wednesday, November 15. The program features viticulture experts from preeminent...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Louis Abba, Jr Abba Vineyards / Owner & Grower HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEEN FARMING WINEGRAPES? I have been farming winegrapes since I was 8 years old, with my family and our vineyards for...

MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The new 2023-2024 Lodi Winegrape Commission Board of Directors assumed service and elected officers this month. New Board Members Pieter A. den Hartog and Hadyn Schatz join current Commissioners Phil Abba, Jason...

AUGUST 21, 2023.  BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission has learned through the mealybug and virus crisis that by getting everyone involved in one room to have informed discussions around a complex challenge, much progress...

MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: July 22, 2023: onset of veraison in old vine Grenache (planted in 1942) in Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. What happens during veraison During one particularly long, bumpy drive up on Mendocino...