One of the most interesting things to happen in the Lodi appellation just over the past three, four years is the sudden popularity of an...

After a two-month delay due to (you guessed it) another Covid surge, Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (a.k.a., ZAP) will be holding its...

There are over 100 grapes commercially grown in the Lodi appellation. All the same, the region justifiably hangs its hat on what are...

It's not like it was a competition. But at the break of dawn of September 11, 2019, two of California's most cutting-edge vintners...

Believe it or not, some of the finest red wines to come out of Lodi over the past few years have not been varietal or even...

As a follow-up to our previous post on Why everyone loves old vines, some answers to pertinent questions are usually brought up in...

None of the different sides of Lodi winegrowing is more compelling than the region's old vines. There is beauty, to begin with, it, in...

Zinfandel is the ideal autumn sipper. Make that quaffer. Why fool around? Why Zinfandel? Because it is one of the few red wines with a...

When I met the West Sonoma Coast-based winemaker Greg La Follette some 25 years ago, the first thing that struck me was what a bundle of...

In our previous blog post, Progress of terroir-focused, vineyard-designated wines in Lodi, we discussed how wines with single-vineyard...

ZAP — a.k.a., Zinfandel Advocates & Producers — has recently launched its The California Zinfandel Trail promotion, and we strongly urge...

Why are some wines far more popular than others? The other day on a social media post I saw this question posed on my shared thread: Why...

"This holiday [Presidents' Day] weekend has been super-busy!" proclaimed Frankie Arburua III, the sole proprietor of Lodi's F Ewe Sheep...

2020 will be a forgettable year for many of us. All the same, I think most of us, being the human creatures that we are, will continue to...

They are called "own-rooted." Growers in Lodi have also used terms like "natural roots" and "wild-rooted." Whatever it's called, the vast...

Lodi, more than any other American wine region, is full of old vines. Or as we have been calling on everyone to appreciate this...

Why older is better in Lodi What are the Lodi AVA's old vine plantings identified as vineyard-designate wines on highly regarded...

When you taste a wine sourced from a single vineyard notated on a label, and you know that the vineyard is an "old vine" growth — which,...

In 2012, I traveled to the USA for a three-week-long research project. In Lodi. Why Lodi? Because of the acreage of old vine Zinfandel....

There are 16 Lodi AVA vineyards currently registered by California's Historic Vineyard Society (HVS). There are actually dozens more Lodi...