by Lodi Growers | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Symphony grapes grown by Lodi’s Ironstone Vineyards, producing lower acid yet soft, bright, lusciously fruited white wines. When wine lovers talk about acidity in wine, they are not talking about...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025. BY JAMIE REAMER, PRESIDENT, CLARKSBURG WINEGRAPE GROWERS ASSOCIATION. This year’s Clarksburg Grape Day is on Tuesday, March 11 at the Jean Harvie Community Center in Walnut Grove, CA. Hosted by the Clarksburg Winegrape Growers...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 24, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025. BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many insect pollinators continue to decline in California, including bees and butterflies. The western monarch butterfly population has declined more than 95% since the 1980s. One step we can take to protect these...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: Stuart Spencer, Executive Director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission. Photo by Mitch Tobias. The Lodi Winegrape Commission Board of Directors proudly recognizes Executive Director Stuart Spencer...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. The Vineyard Team’s Sustainable Winegrowing podcast brings you the latest in science and research for the wine industry. This popular on-the-go sustainable farming educational resource provides in-depth technical...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of tons of California winegrapes have been left on the vine unharvested. Across the Central Valley this winter, farm workers are going door to door,...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2025. BY NATALIE COLLINS, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. Featured image: Unsubsidized, unwanted, unpicked grapes in California vineyard. Photo by Randy Caparoso. Open any one of the wine industry’s major news aggregator email blasts,...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 20, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above showing Lodi Grower leadership at our booth for the Unified trade show in 2023. From left to right: Kevin den Hartog, Bruce Fry, Stuart Spencer, Ben Kolber and Diego...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 13, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. The business of Lodi is grapes. In fact, the region’s climate and soils are so ideal for the cultivation of grapevines, Lodi has become the largest winegrowing region in America. To what extent? According to most...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: Lovely red barn, Fuyu persimmon tree and grapevines at sunset in Acampo. Photo by Stephanie Bolton. There are many reasons why a farmer or citizen may have outdated chemicals on their property...
