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IN PURSUIT OF YIELD: GRAPEVINE CAPACITY, BALANCE, & CROP LOAD – PART ONE
MONDAY, MAY 20, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Grapevine fruit yield is a destination. It is the culmination of several developmental processes during a two-year journey. The developmental path leading to fruit yield is complex (Figure 1). Figure 1. Grapevine...
SEEKING FARMERS: 2024 LATE SUMMER FARMLANDS HABITAT PROGRAM
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024. BY DELTA CONSERVANCY. GET PAID TO PROVIDE HABITAT The Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership (Audubon California, The Nature Conservancy, and Point Blue Conservation Science), in partnership with the Delta Conservancy, and with funding from the...
NERO D’AVOLA: A POSTER CHILD FOR TODAY’S TASTE
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Nero d'Avola in LangeTwins Family's Redtail Vineyard in the Jahant AVA of Lodi. NERO D'AVOLA IS A POSTER CHILD FOR TODAY'S TASTE FOR ZESTIER, LIGHTER WEIGHT YET DEEPLY FLAVORFUL REDS One of California...
ALBARIÑO—THE STATE OF ONE OF LODI’S MOST IMPORTANT VARIETAL WHITES
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Silvaspoons Vineyards owner/grower Ron Silva with his Alvarinho, a Portuguese clonal variant of Albariño. Why Albariño is such a natural in Lodi Albariño—a grape variety native to Spain's Rías Baixas region,...
MINIMIZING SOIL EROSION: KEEPING A VALUABLE ASSET IN YOUR VINEYARD
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. The topic of soil erosion sometimes evokes images of dust storms during the 1930’s “Dust Bowl” in the south-central United States (Figure 1). Fortunately, instances of severe erosion of viticultural soils are...
LATEST UPDATE ON THE 100+ GRAPES GROWN IN LODI
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Harvesting of Nebbiolo—a rare (for California) grape native to Italy's Piemonte region—in Clements Hills-Lodi's Anaya Vineyards. When the first-ever scholarly book on Lodi winegrowing was published in 2022,...
10th ANNUAL GREEN MEDAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024. BY WINE INSTITUTE. As California’s Down to Earth Month begins, four of the state’s premier wineries and vineyard companies were awarded California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards, joining 36 past winners from throughout...
LODI WINE BLOG AUTHOR RANDY CAPAROSO WINS OLD VINE HERO AWARD
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024. BY THE LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Our very own Lodi Wine Blog author and wine educator Randy Caparoso was recently recognized by an internationally-acclaimed group called The Old Vine Conference as one of six individuals/organizations in the...
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