In our continuation of Everything You Wanted to Know About Old Vines and Why They're a Big Deal—which is also the subject of our 12:00 PM...

Everything You Wanted to Know About Old Vines and Why They're a Big Deal is the subject of the 12:00 PM Wine Seminar taking place during...

You should never believe everything you find online. That goes for just about everything, but especially for wine. There is so much...

Long-overlooked old vines finally get their due In France, plantings of old vines are called vielles vignes (pronounced "VEE-le...

Seemingly everyone in the wine world—wine lovers, self-appointed experts and writers, sommeliers, and media “influencers” and the like—is...

Are you ready for a 100-millionth article on wines for Thanksgiving? We like to think ours is special because, well, we recommend...

Today, November 17, is National Zinfandel Day. Every day, of course, is a good day for Zinfandel in Lodi. There are more acres of...

It is always good news when Markus Wine Co. owner/winemaker Markus Niggli comes out with another one of his vaunted blends. If there ever...

One of the big stories in Lodi wine country just over the past four, or five years has been the influx of small, independent winemakers....

First thing to remember when buying Lodi-grown Zinfandel is that there are basically two styles: The broadly defined varietal styles...

This article is a rewrite of an article (including all the original photos) first posted on this site on September 11, 2011. It has been...

Own-rooted vs. grafted old vine growths The defining attribute of Lodi's Mokelumne River Viticultural Area is its sandy loam soil,...

While in our last post we talked a out how old vines—which we define as plants over 50 years old (and in Lodi, many of them are over 75...

Over the past five, ten, twenty years Lodi growers have been faced with a dilemma: The ever-increasing cost of farming and labor shortage...

Women winemakers of like minds Jennifer Reichardt and Sara Morgenstern, co-owner/winemakers of Little Trouble Wine Co., emanate joy and...

Mettler Family Vineyards has recently released a first for this highly respected brand: Two vineyard-designate Zinfandels, both...

Continued from our previous post: 2022 update on Lodi's oldest vine growths (part 2)—east side of the Mokelumne River AVA Perhaps the...

Continued from our previous post: 2022 update on Lodi's oldest vine growths (part 1)—west side of the Mokelumne River AVA Lodi old-timers...

In the May 2022 issue of America's leading wine industry magazine, Wine Business Monthly, the cover story—festooned by a photo of a...

Stonum Vineyards' newly released 2020 KMS Collection "Unbroken" Lodi Carignan ($35 ) is meaningful for several reasons: It is a purest...