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Lodi Zinfandel gets some “pizzaz” from a Sonoma producer
What happens when a critically acclaimed Sonoma County based Zinfandel producer gets her hands on some Lodi grown fruit? You get a wine like the newly minted 2012 Carol Shelton Piazza Vineyard...
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Historic Vineyard Society tasting of Lodi’s rarest wines headlines 2015...
ZinFest Wine School Everybody loves a luscious Zinfandel, Lodi’s signature wine, but Lodi ZinFest has always been about a lot more than Zinfandel. It’s been about all the fascinating wines – from...
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The 2012 ZinFest Commemorative Zinfandel is an essence of Lodi
Each year the Lodi ZinFest produces about a 1,000 bottles of a Commemorative Lodi grown Zinfandel under a colorful Belle Époque inspired art label by our official ZinFest artist, Vince McIndoe,...
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Lodi wines for tasting, purchase and by-the-glass at ZinFest Festival
Are you ready for Lodi’s 2015 ZinFest Festival, happening this coming Saturday, May 16? Starting at 12 Noon in the gorgeous Lodi Lake Park, ZinFest wine lovers will be able to not only taste over...
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Beautiful thing – the refreshing purity of Onesta Wines
Jillian Johnson DeLeon at Lodi cellardoor, where her Onesta Wines can be tasted and purchased The Lodi AVA grown wines of Onesta Wines winemaker/owner Jillian Johnson DeLeon are distinguished by two...
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Photos of Lodi Wine Nation at another fun, tranquil ZinFest
ZinFesters know what they like…Lodi grown wine! Blame it all on their roots, they showed up in boots, and all kinds of hats and wine-country-chic apparel, including threads studded with corks from...
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Stama Winery unveils new tasting room and exciting plans for Lodi’s future
Phase 1 of Stama Winery’s Mediterranean inspired winery, where a temporary tasting room has just opened Very quietly, over the recent ZinFest weekend, Stama Winery unveiled a spanking new, if low...
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Rare hat trick: Lodi garners awards for Vineyard, Grower & Winery of the Year
Three generations of the Indelicato family behind the award winning Delicato Family Vineyards Lodi hat trick Over the past year the Lodi Viticultural Area has achieved something of a hat trick;...
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Lodi wines rated among the finest California Grenache reds
Phil Abba (left), who farms the Grenache going into the McCay Cellars Grenache by Michael McCay (right) Some things just creep up on you – like the unsuspected appeal of red wines made from the black...
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Why cool kids are lovin’ Lodi
Wine lovers at 2015 Lodi ZinFest Recently, folks at local wineries have been reporting a growing influx of wine lovers of a different stripe. They’ve been coming in from major cities – San...
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Dreams of real, velvety wines (or, dream case of Lodi drinking reds)
Photo by Evgeniy Lankin (image available through fineartamerica.com) We have this recurring dream. It’s almost mid-day. We wake up late, after some wine-soaked conversation deep into the night...
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PRIE Vineyards joins Lodi’s community of small, specialty wineries
John Gash, PRIE Vineyards co-owner/winemaker, among his Cabernet Sauvignon estate vines The Lodi Viticultural Area’s latest artisanal wine producer, PRIE Vineyards, quietly opened its tasting room at...
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Lodi wines garner top honors at California State Fair
Oak Farm Albarino: California State Fair’s “Best of Show White” At the The Best of California Awards Ceremony this past Tuesday, June 23 in Sacramento’s Cal Expo, a significant number of Lodi AVA...
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Lodi son cooks Hawaiian inspired lunch with Acquiesce wines
What happens when a young, curious, forward-thinking, Lodi raised chef, after rigorous training under one of Hawai`i’s most renowned chefs, is given the opportunity to create a menu to match the...
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Sensible wines for summer barbecues (and recipe for Korean kalbi short ribs)
Lodi’s Jon Bjork grilling up Korean short ribs (kalbi) Who doesn’t associate summer with barbecue? It’s an American thing, but you might also consider it a return to primal instincts. “Ugh, me...
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How warm (or cool) is Lodi?
Heavenly Zinfandel harvest in Harney Lane’s Lizzy James Vineayrd Taking Lodi’s temperature over the past century There are things about the Lodi Viticultural Area that are not exactly common...
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Are we brainwashed by wine prices and ratings?
Lodi mind trick: good wine regardless of price The non-existent connection between qualiy and price How much of what we perceive or think about wine is a mind trick – much less real than we may...
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Lodi’s stoned dry, soulful rosés
Bechthold Vineyard Cinsaut (ancient vines planted in 1886) during July 2015 veraison; source of some of the finest roses in California Can you surry? Can you picnic? - Laura Nyro (Stoned Soul Picnic)...
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Stama Winery unveils new tasting room and exciting plans for Lodi’s future
Phase 1 of Stama Winery’s Mediterranean inspired winery, where a temporary tasting room has just opened Very quietly, over the recent ZinFest weekend, Stama Winery unveiled a spanking new, if low key,...
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Rare hat trick: Lodi garners awards for Vineyard, Grower & Winery of the Year
Three generations of the Indelicato family behind the award winning Delicato Family Vineyards Lodi hat trick Over the past year the Lodi Viticultural Area has achieved something of a hat trick;...
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