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Winemakers praise 2014 harvest’s brimming purple beads in this video round-up
This time of year, to borrow a little from John Keats‘ phraseology, is when beaded bubbles are brimming in the bins, and winemakers are smiling with purple stained mouths. Wine flows so much like...
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Bokisch Vineyards on all you need to know about Graciano, Garnacha and “egg”...
It’s old news around here: Bokisch Vineyards‘ Markus Bokisch is one of the most interesting men in the (wine) world. We especially like him for the erudite ways in which he files his harvest reports....
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Oak Farm Vineyards opens its ambitious new winery and tasting room
Oak Farm Vineyards’ new winery/tasting room among magnificent ancient oaks This Saturday, October 25, 2014, one of the Lodi AVA’s most ambitious producers ever will be opening the doors of its new...
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Beauty of whole berry Sangiovese fermentation at Sorelle Winery
Sorelle’s 2014 Sangiovese harvest We want to revisit our video taken of Sorelle Winery estate’s 2014 Sangiovese harvest this past September 19 because it • Shows the pure beauty of the Sangiovese grape...
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Discovering your own taste in wine beyond 100-point scores
Visiting wine lovers enjoying barrel tasting at Lodi’s St. Jorge Winery 100-point scores for rating wines: not every retail store features them as their “shelf talkers,” but it seems like most of them...
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Lodi’s Coup de Grâce is a red wine blend to end all blends
The expression coup de grâce technically means putting someone out of his or her misery, in a most violent fashion. But here in Lodi, it is now means a gloriously rich and original red wine – a thick,...
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Michael Klouda’s Stem Theory is unoppressively contrarian
Michael Klouda Call the newly released 2013 Michael Klouda (MK) Stem Theory Lodi Cabernet Franc ($26) what you like: confused, contrarian, counter-intuitive, confounding – but you can’t call it boring....
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Having a Lodi Thanksgiving
November colors at Jessie’s Grove Winery LET YOUR TURKEY BE YOUR THANKSGIVING WINE GUIDE Is there anything more American than turkey for Thanksgiving, with all the extra delectable accoutrements? The...
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Three reasons why you should open a Lodi Zinfandel on National Zinfandel Day
Mighty Mohr-Fry Ranches-Marian’s Vineyard Zinfandel; planted 1901 This coming Wednesday, November 19, 2014 is National Zinfandel Day. We know, we know: there’s a day for everything these days. But...
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A French style Thanksgiving in Lodi (with Provence style leg of lamb)
French born winemaker Franck Lambert in Lodi How does a French winemaker named Franck Lambert, with his India-born wife Rekha, celebrate Thanksgiving here in Lodi? Monsieur Lambert was born in Southern...
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How to be your own judge of good wine
Wine journalist Deborah Parker Wong blind tasting Lodi Zinfandels Burgundy, schmurgundy I started out on Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff. Not really. But that line from one of Bob Dylan’s...
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Three things that matter (when getting the most out of wine)
Comparison of bowl shaped “Burgundy” glass (on left; ideal for Pinot Noirs) with traditional tulip shaped glass (ideal for white wines and reds wines such as Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon) GETTING...
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A Lodi wine lover’s wish list: Lodi’s 12 most adventurous wines
Christmas in Lodi’s Wine & Roses Hotel Is there a wiser wine lover than a Lodi wine lover? Lodi is just beginning to forge its reputation as a source of some America’s finest, and most...
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Match made for December: Twisted Roots Petite Sirah & rosemary lamb shanks
You can look at the increasingly short, dark, dreary days of December in two different ways: as a doggoned shame, or as the perfect excuse to enjoy the type of wines and foods that these days call...
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Estate Crush is Downtown Lodi’s one-stop for numerous finely crafted brands
Barrels during Estate Crush holiday party this week. Attention, last-minute Lodi wine shoppers: Caught in the usual pre-Christmas time crunch? Then we have the perfect one-stop,...
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Lodi wines in the news in 2014
December reds in Lodi vineyard As we come to the end of another year in Lodi wine country, let’s look back at some of the highlights of 2014 gleaned through widely read wine publications and blog...
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Lodi wines compared to Texas wines, hats and cattle
Three of Lodi’s modern-day winegrowing pioneers: Borra Vineyards’ Steve Borra, Michael David’s Mike Phillips, and The Lucas Winery’s Dave Lucas Jeremy Wilson – a sommelier/wine writer who lives in the...
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Dale Goff’s favorite (and most spectacular) images of Lodi in 2014
Dale Goff of Goff Photography is one of Lodi’s most accomplished professional photographers. Mr. Goff, in fact, has been photographing the Lodi American Viticultural Area for going on 20 years....
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Our best and most interesting blogposts from 2014
Visiting Sonoma winemaker Greg La Follette respectfully bows before 100-year old Lodi Zinfandel plant Happy 2015! We’re looking forward to another year of exciting achievements by the Lodi winegrowing...
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ZAP’s annual San Francisco tasting ushering the arrival of Zinfandel as a...
Lodi Winegrape Commission’s events and marketing coordinators, Sherri Cascaden and Jenny Heitman, representing at ZAP (with Ken Landis, Chef/Owner of Landis Shores Oceanfront Inn in Half Moon Bay) In...
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