So far the summer of 2024 has been... let's just say, ugh. A little hot. Besides well chilled whites or sparklers, the perfect wines for...

MONDAY, JULY 8, 2024.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. The environmental factor It’s time to talk about Zinfandel. Oh, I admit, for me, it’s always...

The heroic tale Let's talk about the continuing saga—and it really is a story of heroic proportions—of the Lodi appellation's Mokelumne...

First, let's taste three different Lodi Zinfandels, all made by the same local winery, Harney Lane Vineyards: • The 2020 Harney Lane...

MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024.  BY THE LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Our very own Lodi Wine Blog author and wine educator Randy Caparoso was...

Just minutes before a virtual webinar coming out of London and hosted by The Old Vine Conference this past March 25, 2024, a...

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Internationally-recognized The Old Vine Conference has nominated Randy Caparoso as...

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...

The air is still a little nippy, if not downright damp, which  is why I, for one, tend to tucker down in the safety of my four walls at...

There is undoubtedly no organization that has done more for a single varietal category than Zinfandel Advocates & Producers, a.k.a. ZAP....

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 just...

At the start of the 1920s, the California wine industry was still in its infancy. Yet a reading of a 1929 publication entitled Black...

2023 will go down as the year when old vines finally got their due. No longer for just the outward beauty of these plants, their...

The wines of Markus Wine Company, owned and operated by winemaker Markus Niggli, demonstrate two ways of looking at Lodi's heritage...

Continued from Story of an appellation—Part 2, origin of Lodi as a city and agricultural region Sister grapes—Flame Tokay and Zinfandel...

Nestled within the captivating landscapes of California's past lie a series of artistic windows into history, encapsulating a phenomenon...

MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023. BY VINEPAIR. VinePair’s Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover. In this series, they...

Two months ago, at a dinner in Lodi where a guest winemaker from Italy named Cristiana Tiberio was showing off her...

Today (June 26, 2023) marks the official launch of The Old Vine Registry (re oldvineregistry.org). This is a big deal. As it states on...

Monte Rio Cellars—a small, independent, handcraft label owned and operated by former longtime New York City sommelier Patrick...