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20 GROWER-FRIENDLY MARKETING IDEAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Growers, we need you to overcome your fear of sales, networking, and marketing to get through this challenging time. The Lodi Winegrape Commission and others are working around the clock...
WHY LODI IS FORMING A WINERY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. On November 18, 2025, Lodi took a decisive step forward. With over 72 percent support from Lodi wineries, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted to officially form the Lodi Winery...
LIMITS OF GRAPEVINE STRESS: DISTINGUISHING THE TOLERABLE FROM THE INTOLERABLE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2025. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Here are few realities of winegrape growing. First, every combination of grapevine variety and rootstock has an inherent genetic potential for growth and fruit production. Second, every vineyard site imposes...
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 12th ANNUAL CA GREEN MEDAL AWARDS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025. BY WINE INSTITUTE. California’s vineyards and wineries are invited to submit applications for the 2026 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. Applications are open at greenmedal.org and will be accepted until...
GROWING FUTURES: SUPPORTING VINEYARD FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) Foundation continues to make a lasting impact through its annual scholarship program, dedicated to supporting the children of vineyard...
TRADE THE COUSIN WALK FOR THE RIVER: WATCH SALMON SPAWN ON THE MOKELUMNE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. This holiday season, witness one of nature's coolest and most inspiring stories of strength and endurance: spawning salmon. If you're not feeling the cousin walk this year but still...
CALIFORNIA WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS GET MAPPED
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), in partnership with regional grower and vintner associations including the Lodi Winegrape Commission, hired Land IQ to develop an in-season, statewide...
FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN GRAPE PATHOGENS – A FRAME UPDATE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2025. BY MICHELLE MOYER, WSU & MONICA COOPER, UCCE. The FRAME (Fungicide Resistance Assessment, Mitigation and Extension) team is back at it! After completing our first project in 2023, that saw five years of grape powdery mildew FRAC 11...
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