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Why ancient vines are so wise, and you should not miss ZinFest’s phenomenal...
Majestic 100-plus-year-old Zinfandel in Lodi's Mokelumne River AVA As part of Lodi’s 2019 ZinFest, there will be a Zinfandel Blind Tasting taking place at 2 PM on May 17 in the Wine & Roses Hotel...
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15 wines that will rock your world at this Saturday's 2019 ZinFest Wine Festival
2019’s weather, we expect, will be a little chill (calling for a high of 63°), and there’s a chance of drizzle, but we’ve seen that before at Lodi’s yearly ZinFest Wine Festival; and everytime,...
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2019 ZinFest Blind Tasting: How Lodi Zinfandels compare to some of...
Round 1 (of 3) wines in ZinFest Zinfandel Blind Tasting (special thanks to Suzanne Ledbetter for photos in this article) The 2019 Zinfandel Blind Tasting – taking place on May 17, the Friday before...
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Lodi 101 (for true-blue Lodi wine lovers)
Lodi wine lovers at 2019 Lodi ZinFest Have you found yourself becoming a true-blue Lodi wine lover, almost to the point of some kind of geekiness? Scary thought? Well, if you’ve come to love the...
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Luiz Alberto on East vs. West - Terroir speaks louder than winemaking in Lodi
Luiz Alberto (front) with fellow visiting Snooth journalists in Lodi this past April (photo courtesy of Michelle Williams) For this blog post, we are pleased to feature the words and impressions of a...
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Oak Farm's Fiano is further confirmation of Lodi's white wine grape versatility
Oak Farm Vineyards assistant winemaker Sierra Zeiter examining growth of Fiano clusters in early June 2019 One of the most promising new wines to recently come out of Lodi is the 2018 Oak Farm...
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The Wine Compass' opus on the long history and new iconic whites of Lodi...
Wine Compass founder/author Todd Godbout (front-right) enjoying 8-course/8-wine dinner at Lodi's M Sushi Bistro with fellow snooth.com journalists this past May 2019 There are wine blogs and there are...
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Part 2: The Wine Compass' opus on the unique, unusual and unconventional...
Wine Compass author Todd Godbout (center) with Snooth journalists and Lodi growers earlier in the spring at Vino Farms's Grand Vin Lands (a showcase of LODI RULES sustainable winegrowing) Continuation...
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Onesta Rosé of Cinsaut (crafted from 133-year-old vines) is a rosé master’s...
Onesta Wines owner/winemaker Jillian Johnson DeLeon Over the past fifteen years Bechthold Vineyard, planted entirely to the Cinsaut grape, has developed an almost legendary, international renown,...
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Summary of nearly an entire chapter devoted to Lodi Zinfandel by Catherine...
Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis leading a wine tasting at 2019 ZinFest Wine School Many have called for it, but few have earned it. That is, the coveted title of Master Sommelier, which Catherine...
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A look at Lodi wine from the perspectives of an influential Boomer vs. savvy...
Jim Gordon and Jennifer Estevez conducting seminar at 2019 Lodi Vineyard & Wine Economics Symposium (image courtesy of Wine Business Monthly) “How do Lodi wines relate to the big picture?” That...
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Enjoying wines with authentic Hawaiian style poke
Hukilau (net fishing, followed by a feast of fresh fish on the beach) in Hawaii, circa 1905 The native Hawaiian dish called poke (pronounced poh-keh) is now found seemingly everywhere outside the...
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The professional wine problem busters at Lodi Wine Labs
Lodi Wine Labs COO Matt DiVisconte with a tool of his trade (microscope) When there’s something strange in a wine produced by a small winery or home winemaker, who you gonna call? In Lodi,...
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Anaya Vineyards rises from the ashes of Viñedos Aurora with an iconoclastic...
Anaya Vineyards owner/winemaker Gerardo Espinosa sampling deep, dark red emblematic of his family's Clements Hills vineyards Lean and iconoclastically tart and edgy skin-contact Pinot gris. A rarely...
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The Biodynamically grown Lodi wines of Avivo and Köppen-Geiger climate...
Vino Farms' Mike Harder (left) and DaVero Farms Ridge Evers at Lodi's The Bench Vineyard (Biodynamic grown Vermentino) Bringing natural and Biodynamic principles to Lodi "Grow what belongs here... be...
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LangeTwins Family kicks Lodi up a notch with an impeccable vineyard-designate...
LangeTwins Family winemakers Karen Birmingham and David Akiyoshi in the Langes' One Hundred Vineyard (Lodi's Jahant AVA) One of the most important recent developments here in Lodi is the bottling of...
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Winegrowing phenoms and advisors discuss negotiation at Lodi Vineyard & Wine...
The "Art of Negotiation" panel at the 2019 Lodi Vineyard & Wine Economics Symposium: (from left) Randy Caparoso (moderator), Ann Kraemer (Shake Ridge Ranch), Chris Passarelli (Dickenson Peatman...
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The historic relationship between Lodi's Zinfandel and unforgotten Tokay
Harvesting of 130-year-old Tokay vines in Jessie's Grove estate When I first moved to Lodi, just before the 2010 harvest, one of the conversations that taught me most about the region was with...
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Harney Lane's new Scottsdale Vineyard Chardonnay signals a progression...
Harney Lane Winery & Vineyards owners, Jorja and Kyle Lerner It’s happening, slowly but surely: Lodi grown Chardonnay that tastes like it comes from... Lodi! The newly released 2018 Harney Lane...
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Spenker Winery’s amazing new farmstead goat cheeses add immensely to Lodi’s...
Spenker Winery winemaker/cheesemaker Berryann Spenker labeling her specialty Shirley's Dream goat cheese “I loved cheese,” explained Bettyann Spenker to a captive crowd of visitors to her Spenker...
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