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Two Gen Z professionals pick Lodi wines younger wine followers would love to love
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Two Gen Z Lodi wine professionals, Anna Delgado (left) and Elvira "Elvi" Fonz-Gutiérrez. Co-written with Anna Delgado and Elvira Fonz-Gutiérrez Just a few years ago the wine industry talk was all about Millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996). What do Millennials want? What are...
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on Sep 5
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Tasting wines with foods, which all visitors to Lodi's Acquiesce Winery do. First things first. You may have heard, or maybe just assumed, that appreciating wine is complicated. That it takes an "expert" to truly understand and enjoy wines. I have just one word to say about that: Untrue....
on Fri, 9PM
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What is Lodi terroir? (Part 4, How terroir focused wines are made)
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Marisa Vineyard, an old vine Mokelumne River-Lodi growth now bottled as a minimal intervention, terroir focused Zinfandel by Klinker Brick Winery, in sharp contrast with the brand's nationally distributed commercial style bottlings emphasizing varietal rather than vineyard character. Continued...
on Oct 30
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Everything you need to know about Assyrtiko, a Lodi wine of the future
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Perlegos Family grown Assyrtiko, tailor made for Lodi's Mediterranean climate and sun. A white wine of the (near) future Prediction: In about 25 years time, Assyrtiko will become a major grape of the Lodi wine region. Not "major," mind you, in the same way as high-demand...
on Oct 9
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Small scale independents working out of Lodi Crush produce exciting alternative style wines
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The line-up of minimal intervention, small, independent winemakers working out of Lodi Crush: from left, Adam Saake (Perch Wine Co.), Adam Sabelli-Frisch (Sabelli-Frisch), Rose Nemet (Kareen Wine), Terah Bajjalieh (Terah Wine Co.), Greg Nemet (Kareen Wine) and Gerardo Espinosa (Lodi Crush and...
on Oct 3
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Harvest images of Church Block, an all-time great historic Lodi vineyard
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Early morning harvest morning in Lodi's historic Church Block Vineyard. At the break of dawn this past Monday, September 23, Markus Wine Co. owner/grower/winemaker Markus Niggli and his veteran crew of field hands picked the landmark Church Block Vineyard. Church Block is located just...
on Sep 26
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One of Lodi's oldest heritage vineyards is picked and packed for home winemakers
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2024 Lodi Zinfandel harvest at Giorgi-Ferrari Vineyard, first planted in the 1920s, being packed for shipping to home winemakers across the country by Lodi's M & R Company. A legacy of longtime Lodi families There is nothing like the sight of ancient vine Lodi Zinfandel being picked and...
on Sep 16
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Early report and favorite photographs of the start of the 2024 Lodi harvest
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\ Old vine Carignan harvest in Lodi' s Mokelumne River AVA, September 2, 2024. For most of Lodi's smaller, handcraft wineries, the 2024 wine grape harvest began in mid-August. The pace of the picking of old vine blocks, which are generally lower yielding than younger trellised vineyards,...
on Sep 9
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Thou shalt covet thy neighbor's grapes (handcraft brands flock to Lodi for distinctive fruit)
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West Sacramento's Craig Haarmeyer of Haarmeyer Wine Cellars celebrating his Lodi Chenin blanc harvest. In recent years, the roll call of winemakers based outside the Lodi appellation who are producing wines from Lodi grown grapes has been getting bigger and bigger. This, if anything, is a...
on Sep 3
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Our favorite historic passages extolling the glories of wine
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Anaya Vineyards' Gerardo Espinosa—recently recognized as one of Wine Enthusiast's 2024 Future 40 Tastemakers—harvesting his family grown Petite Sirah. Over the past four or five years the wine industry in California has been dealing with the serious issue of overplanting of...
on Aug 28
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How global warming is changing winegrowing in Lodi and the rest of the world
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Lodi in the third week of July 2024: Old vine Zinfandel veraison (i.e., annual change of colors) looking good, but slowed down by two heat dome events, repercussions of now well documented climate change. Climate change's global impact and near-future projections Never mind the squabble...
on Jul 27
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Artistic colors bring new meaning to our favorite images of Lodi wine country
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Artistic rendering of a caravan of Zinfandel pickers—ushered through the old vines like triumphant troops—on a colorful early autumn morning in Lodi wine country. I spend a lot of time going over my own photos of Lodi wine country. The best ones, I think, are the accidents. It is one thing to...
on Jun 24
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Harvest morning in Zinfandel block over 100 years old on east side of Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. When a rose is but a rose In our previous post we addressed the matter of Putting to bed the myth that light and crisply balanced whites can't be grown in warm climates. This time around,...
on Jun 21
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Putting to bed the myth that light and crisply balanced whites can't be grown in warm climates
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Clements Hills-Lodi harvesting of Assyrtiko, a Mediterranean grape of Greek origin known for retaining a refreshingly high acidity grown in even the hottest, dryest climate. Albariño, Assyrtiko, Bacchus, Bourboulenc, Chenin blanc, Clairette blanche, Grenache blanc, Fiano, Kerner, Macabeo,...
on Jun 5
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Winemakers and journalists taste and talk about aged Lodi wines, up to 27 years old
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Zinfandel from Turley's 2010 Dogtown Vineyard harvest, going into a bottling tasted and discussed this past week, nearly 14 years later. Last week (May 14, 2024) a most unusual Lodi tasting (even for us!) was conducted, per the request of four visiting journalists representing Wine Enthusiast...
on May 24
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Vino Farms' The Bench Vineyard; biodynamically farmed Vermentino alongside the Mokelumne River in Lodi's Clements Hills AVA. Since 2018, Vino Farms has been farming a good chunk of its 4,500 or so acres in the Lodi appellation in multiple fashions falling under the broader umbrella that can be...
on May 20
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Ancellotta, a native Italian grape grown in LangeTwins Family's Redtail Vineyard, Jahant-Lodi AVA. LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards has done it again. This industry leading family winery and winegrower has just released a red wine joining their Single Vineyard portfolio of sustainably...
on May 17
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Nero d'Avola in LangeTwins Family's Redtail Vineyard in the Jahant AVA of Lodi. One of California winemaker Randall Grahm’s favorite ways of referring to the under-appreciated wine grapes of the world is "ugly ducklings." Or, if you prefer a more esoteric word, "heterodoxical." That is,...
on May 1
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Albariño—the state of Lodi's most important varietal white
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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, also grown in the neighboring Vinho Verde region of Portugal—is by no means the most...
on Apr 25
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Is appreciation of wine as varietals becoming passé? Part 2, pain and controversy
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Contrasting Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards: (Top) high cordon machine pruned trellis on single wire in Jahant-Lodi AVA; (bottom) vertical shoot position trellising (usually cultivated by hand) in Rutherford-Napa Valley. Continued from previous post: Is appreciation of wine as varietals becoming...
on Apr 17
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Is appreciation of wine as varietals becoming passé? Part 1, history, terroir, rebellion
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Harney Lane Vineyards Zinfandel sources (from top): Home Ranch, Scottsdale Vineyard and Lizzy James Vineyard. First, let's taste three different Lodi Zinfandels, all made by the same local winery, Harney Lane Vineyards: • The 2020 Harney Lane "Home Ranch" Zinfandel ($32) is...
on Apr 15
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Haarmeyer's Lodi wines express sense of place, even when made from the most exotic grapes
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Haarmeyer Wine Cellars winemaker/owner Craig Haarmeyer in his cellar filled with puncheons (double-size barrels) An orchestra contained in a wine Let's start by talking about a single Lodi grown wine, which could very well be the most unusual wine in the world (no exaggeration), before getting...
on Apr 1
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Conversations with an English writer about the golden rule when telling the story of old vines
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Lodi winemaker Mike McCay in Bonotto Vineyard—originally planted in the 1930s and, up until recently, producing Zinfandel that disappeared into anonymous vats of "jug" wines, but now recognized as a vineyard-designate varietal with distinctive qualities of its own. Just minutes before a virtual...
on Mar 27
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The consequential role of women in the Lodi wine industry
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Oak Farm Vineyards winemaker Marilia Nimis-Schrader presiding over a recent harvest in Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. March is Women's History Month. We should, no doubt, celebrate the contributions of women to events and history every month, on each day of the year; but in its wisdom,...
on Mar 22
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Vivid images of Lodi's Beauty of Days Gone By
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Block of blooming almond trees cultivated in the midst of Lodi's vast expanse of vineyards. In the seasonal rhythms of life, the cusp of spring (in 2024, coming up on March 19) is when the earth is exhaling, after and months and months of breathing and holding still, conserving energy for the...
on Mar 10
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The magic of Tempranillo (particularly with meaty dishes such as chocolate chili)
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Tempranillo cluster in Anaya Vineyards, Clements Hills-Lodi AVA. Tempranillo is not an obvious wine. Yet by now, you have had either a personal experience or have heard all about this red wine varietal, made from the cultivar of this name that is native to Spain. At least within the Lodi...
on Mar 7
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Early sensory report on Lodi's challenging, yet exceptionally promising, 2023 vintage
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McCay Cellars raising a toast in one of his old vine Zinfandel blocks. California's 2023 harvest, you might have heard, was problematic, especially in the Lodi appellation. In Lodi, the challenges were more economic than those of issues imposed by Mother Nature. It was, in short, a cooler...
on Mar 4
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Ode to Lodi's legendary Flame Tokay, never to be forgotten
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Flame Tokay—a.k.a., Ahmeur bou Ahmeur—on own-rooted Mokelumne River-Lodi grapevine over 130 years old, About eight miles east of the City of Lodi, there is a short country lane called Tokay Colony Road, demarcated by Hwy. 88 to the west and N. Tully Rd. at its eastern end. It's an interesting...
on Mar 2
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Photographic memories of Lodi's 27th Wine and Chocolate weekend
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Intimate dinner with the winemaker (Stuart Spencer, third from left) in the St. Amant Winery barrel room on the first night of Lodi's Wine and Chocolate weekend. Neither rain (luckily, minimal!) nor blustery winds seemed to deter thousands of Lodi wine lovers enjoying the region's 27th...
on Feb 7
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At 2024 ZAP, it is clear that California Zinfandel has finally grown up
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There is undoubtedly no organization that has done more for a single varietal category than Zinfandel Advocates & Producers, a.k.a. ZAP. When ZAP started back in the early 1990s, Zinfandel was on the ropes. Many of the bigger, higher profile brands were dropping the varietal from their...
on Jan 29
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Winter pruning, the crucial time of the year for vineyards, old vine plantings and wine quality
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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 "quiet time" of year in wine regions around the world. Yet there is a lot going on. Not...
on Jan 25
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Cutout of photograph exalting a Lodi ancient vine Zinfandel harvest by Allison Watkins. There are photographers and there are photographers. We have invited Allison Watkins of Allison Watkins Studio to share a photo-essay because of her distinctively artistic feel for wine photography....
on Jan 22
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Personal thoughts on the start of another new year (2024) in Lodi
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High wire trellised vines in December in Lodi's Jahant Viticultural Area. I am not a Lodi native. I have, however, lived and worked in the appellation since 2010. I am looking forward to a fourteenth year in my adopted home. For two weeks this past December (2023) I went back to my "roots," in...
on Jan 2
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Predicted wine trends for 2024—from the Lodi perspective
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Sorting grapes from an ancient vine Mokelumne River-Lodi harvest. It's that time of year when we start to talk about the most significant wine trends to expect in 2024. At the end of this past November, for instance, the Benson Marketing Group came out with 6 Wine Industry Trends You Can't...
on Dec 28
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What a young European woman thinks of the Lodi winegrowing industry
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\ Spanish scholar Elvira Fonz Gutiérrez tasting a lighter, zestier, fruit-centered, contemporary style Lodi red made from Cinsaut—typical of the new generation of wine professionals, something she likes very much. Guest post by Elvira Fonz Gutiérrez Elvira Fonz...
on Nov 7, 2023