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LWC WELCOMES BOB HIGHFILL

To adequately explain why I am so thrilled to be the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Lodi Winegrape Commission, I need to convey a little background. My love affair with Lodi began about 15 years ago as a regular visitor to tasting rooms throughout the...

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LWC WELCOMES NEW BOARD

New Fiscal Year, New Officers and Board Members Join the Lodi Winegrape Commission It’s always an exciting time of the year when new board members join our ranks.  Yet, similar to the end of the calendar year, the end of the fiscal year is also bittersweet, with old...

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NATURAL LAWS AND VINEYARD MANAGEMENT

Vineyards are populations of grapevines and associated organisms supported by air, water, and soil resources.  As such, they constitute ecosystems or perhaps more precisely, agro-ecosystems.  While vineyard ecosystems are artificial, rather than natural, they are...

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IDENTIFICATION OF NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES FROM LEAF SYMPTOMS

At the end of the growing season, grape leaves are changing color. They turn from green to shades of yellow (white varietals) or red (red varietals) - see the Magnesium deficiency symptoms below (Figures 1 & 2). This is the result of the leaf senescence process:...

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SOME COMMON VITICULTURAL BAND-AIDS

Solving vineyard problems can be a complex and time consuming task, as is deciding how to correct them.  The most obvious remedy is sometimes taken to be the most practical while, in reality, it treats the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem.  In this...

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IRRIGATION PUMP EFFICIENCY & more

Not only are irrigation pump inefficiencies just plain bad for the environment, they cost the grower money!  No bueno!  Each percent of pressure wasted is equal to the additional costs paid in energy. If you waste 30%, you pay an extra 30%. Irrigation Efficiency...

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IRRIGATION DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY

Did you know that yields within a single grapevine row can vary up to 5x? One factor in this yield variation is irrigation. Poor Irrigation System Distribution Uniformity (DU) has been shown to negatively impact crop yields in numerous studies conducted over the past...

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Events

Oct
31
THE OLD VINE CONFERENCE: MEETING OF THE MINDS 2025
The Culinary Institue of America, Copia, Napa CA
Nov
5
WINERY MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING
Lodi Wine Visitor Center
9:00 am
Nov
12
GROWER MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING
Lodi Winegrape Commission
12:00 pm
Dec
2
CD11 LODI IPM NETWORK BREAKFAST MEETING: TRUNK DISEASE
Burgundy Hall – Lodi Grape Festival Grounds
8:00 am

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