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NEXT WEEK AT UNIFIED: 5 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS
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...
THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY
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...
SAFELY DISPOSE OF OUTDATED PESTICIDES IN SAN JOAQUIN CO.
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 There are many reasons why a farmer or citizen may have outdated chemicals on their property...
LODI SPARKLING WINES ⏤ CRAFTED FROM CLASSIC & MEDITERRANEAN GRAPES OR EXOTIC VARIETIES
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: July harvest of Lodi Chardonnay grapes in Michael David Winery's Bare Ranch. Photo by Randy Caparoso. Hooray, we're getting close to a New Year! This calls, of course, for a good Champagne. It's that time...
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 11TH ANNUAL CA GREEN MEDAL AWARDS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024. BY WINE INSTITUTE. SACRAMENTO — California's vineyards and wineries are invited to submit their applications for the 2025 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. Applications are now open at greenmedal.org and will...
WHAT CHATGPT THINKS CALIFORNIA SHOULD DO FOR SPOTTED LANTERNFLY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. If you haven't sat down with ChatGPT to indulge your curiosity, you are missing out on some fun. You can ask this artificial intelligence system anything and even refine how you want the...
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT SPOTTED LANTERNFLY PREVENTION FOR CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image of spotted lanternfly nymphs and egg masses on a tree, courtesy of USDA APHIS. Thanks to our National Grape Research Alliance membership, we were lucky to host Dr. Julie...
DELTA COLLEGE WINE COURSE COMING TO LODI
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College, a junior/community college headquartered in Stockton, CA, is excited to announce a new Lodi-based viticulture and wine course to be taught at the Lodi Winegrape Commission's Wine &...
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