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WINTER: A CRUCIAL TIME FOR VINEYARDS
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Meticulous winter pruning of the long, twisting arms of head-trained, own-rooted Zinfandel first planted during the 1920s in Lodi's Clements Hills appellation. Winter is coming Winter, you can say, is the...
VITICULTURE X GAMES: EXTREME WEATHER WINEGROWING
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. You are invited to join us for this year's Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento from January 23-25, 2024. Unified is presented by the American Society for Enology &...
72nd ANNUAL LODI GRAPE DAY AGENDA ANNOUNCED
JANUARY 15, 2024. BY LODI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce's Agribusiness Committee, in collaboration with the University of California Cooperative Extension, is proud to announce the much anticipated 72nd Annual Lodi Grape Day event,...
THE FUTURE OF LODI WINEGROWING
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Drone-captured message sent to Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer, written among grapevines by Lodi growers who collaborated on pathogen-spotting research conducted in collaboration with NASA's...
GRAPEVINE CANOPY MANAGEMENT REVISITED PART 2
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Continued from GRAPEVINE CANOPY MANAGEMENT REVISITED PART 1 Direct Canopy Management - Configuration Direct canopy management is canopy management by intervention. It takes two forms. The first, which is...
GRAPEVINE CANOPY MANAGEMENT REVISITED PART 1
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2023. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. There was a time when grape growers gave little thought to grapevine foliage beyond keeping it out of the way of machinery and controlling pests and diseases. Accordingly, hedging the apical ends of shoots and...
JUSTIN TANNER’S FIRST YEAR AS THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY VITICULTURE FARM ADVISOR
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION, JUSTIN TANNER & TED RIEGER. Justin D. Tanner, PhD, began his role as the UCCE Northern San Joaquin County Viticulture Farm Advisor for the Lodi area on January 3, 2023, following the footsteps of Paul...
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 10TH ANNUAL CA GREEN MEDAL AWARDS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023. BY WINE INSTITUTE. SAN FRANCISCO — California vineyards and wineries are encouraged to apply for the prestigious 2024 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. Applications are now being accepted at greenmedal.org...