Americans may associate the grape with white Zinfandel, an off-dry blush wine popular in the 1980s and '90s, but it has since come into its own as a serious red wine.

"Growers are willing to work with aspiring winemakers and vineyards are for sale." Old vines and ancient vines (somewhere around 100 years of age) are a Lodi thing, especially Zinfandel.

Steve Perrin and his family have grown wine grapes on the land around their Lodi farmhouse for four generations. Behind the house stand a towering oak, a workshop and 150 acres of grapevines, mostly ...

Winegrape growers are currently in a state of limbo as sales decline and many are left with acres of unharvested crop.

Between the end of 2023 and the halfway point of this year, Lodi vineyards lost roughly a third of their value, according to ...

Rebecca Deurlein is an award-winning travel writer. True wine lovers know that Lodi, California is a leading producer of some of America’s favorite grapes. But did you know that it’s also a ...

There are also many other, regional sustainability certifications – for instance, Oregon Tilth, Napa Green, Lodi Rules — ...

All tickets include gourmet cuisine, live music, unlimited wine and beer tasting and a live and silent auction. The Lodi Wine Festival features wine tasting from up to 40 wineries pouring more ...

So, with old vine plantings, if a wine is labeled “Zinfandel,” for instance ... Sonoma, Mendocino, Lodi, Contra Costa, Amador and Paso Robles, all planted 50 to 130 years ago, for a red ...

It wasn't until 1937 that the festival "was formally incorporated as the Lodi Grape and Wine Festival, Inc.," the Lodi News-Sentinel reported then. The celebration continues many years later.

The FUSION Music Festival brings live music, food trucks and drinks to Lodi Lake Park for a second year. Here is how to get ...