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Lodi Grenache reds rated among the finest in California
Lodi grower Phil Abba and McCay Cellars winemaker/owner Mike McCay in Abba Vineyard Some things just creep up on you – like the unsuspected appeal of red wines made from the black skinned Grenache...
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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 before,...
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PRIE Vineyards joins Lodi's community of small, artisanal wineries
PRIE Vineyards co-owner/winemaker John Gash in his Cabernet Sauvignon estate planting 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 wines...
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Sensible wines for summer barbecues
Lodi's Jon Bjork grilling up some Korean style short ribs 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?
Taking Lodi’s temperature over the past century There are things about the Lodi Viticultural Area that are not exactly common knowledge among wine lovers. The growing of wine grapes in this Delta...
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Are we brainwashed by wine prices and ratings?
The non-existent connection between quality and price How much of what we perceive or think about wine is a mind trick - much less real than we may suspect? Naturally, here in Lodi – where average...
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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 Summer, as many Lodi wine lovers well know, is the time for...
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What makes Lodi special? According to Craig Rous, it's "people"
Craig Rous among his 106-year-old Rous Vineyard Zinfandel vines Over the next two weeks we will feature words from a few winemakers and growers, speaking out on one subject: what makes Lodi special....
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What makes Lodi special? For Stuart Spencer, it's heroic vines and people
St. Amant's Stuart Spencer with 2014 Marian's Vineyard Zinfandel harvest In part 2 of our series addressing the question of what makes the Lodi Viticultural Area special, we turn to Stuart Spencer,...
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What makes Lodi special? For Borra's Markus Niggli, it's about "change"
Borra Vineyards winemaker Markus Niggli with wintering Vermentino What sets Lodi apart from other American Viticultural Areas? We asked Markus Niggli, the Swiss-born winemaker of Borra Vineyards....
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What makes Lodi special? For Mike McCay, it's the excavation of ancient vines
McCay Cellars owner/winemaker Mike McCay If you ask Mike McCay, the winemaker/owner of McCay Cellars, about what makes Lodi special, he’s going to want to talk about ancient vines and Zinfandel;...
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What makes Lodi special? For Markus Bokisch, it's newfound "freedom"
Markus Bokisch walking over cobbly clay terrain in Lodi's Cosumnes River AVA; site of one of Bokisch Ranches' latest vineyard plantings. Is there any winegrower more sold on the Lodi Viticultural Area...
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Lodi's foreign legion (part 1)
Harinder and Bobby Dhaliwal, who came to Lodi with their family from Punjab, India in 1983 They are, of course, no longer “foreigners,” but more correctly, foreign-born winemakers and growers who are...
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Lodi's foreign legion (part 2)
Stama Winery owner/grower Konstantino "Gus" Kapiniaris Continuing our stories of outstanding growers and winemakers born in far flung places, and now fully immersed in the Lodi Viticultural Area's...
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Italian inspired wines & menu planned for SIP SAVOR LODI Harvest Dinner under...
Last year's SIP SAVOR LODI Harvest Dinner under Downtown Lodi's Lodi Arch On the Friday night (6-9 PM) of September 25, 2015, Downtown Lodi's Pine Street (just below the landmark Lodi Arch) becomes...
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Reports on 2015 Lodi harvest are super-positive thus far
Harney Lane winemaker Chad Joseph is excited about the "perfect" quality of Lodi's 2015 Zinfandel September 2, 2015 - The Lodi Viticultural Area’s 2015 harvest – which, as in much of California,...
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Photo-log of 2015 Lodi wine grape harvest
Winemaker Greg La Follette (Sonoma's La Follette Wines), blessing 2015 Zinfandel harvest from Royal Tee Vineyard (planted on Lodi's west side in 1889) with a bagpipe rendition of "Scotland the Brave"...
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