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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...