Lest you forget, my book "Lodi!" is still available through kitchencincopress.com. It is not just the authoritative treatise on America's largest winegrowing region, written for both scholars and pure wine lovers alike. It contains chapters devoted to the old vine viticulture and alternative wine grapes associated with the appellation, with over 400 of my photos.

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Neither weather nor mournful troubles can keep a soul from celebrating Spring. the yearly bud break and old vines. Re https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/photographic-paean-to-the-beauty

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Read all about the Old Vine Photography Competition, open to photographers and groups all around the world. If you love old vine wines and support the cause of keeping as many of them as possible productive going into the future, please consider entering one or all four of the categories documenting this key cultural icon.

Visit https://www.oldvines.org/old-vine-photography-awards

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The connection between photography drained of color and how one wine photographer and journalist made his bed. Re https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/a-wine-photographers-journey

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In today's post from The Wine Clarion (re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/the-old-vineyard-water-tower), every picture tells a story, while the story illustrates the pictures conveying the history and passion of heroic grape growers. Enjoy!

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Photographs illustrating the elements of style that mean something to me, and the wines I love most. Re https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/hazy-shades-of-winter

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All hail Alicante Bouschet, a Prohibition era heirloom cultivar still prized for its deep purplish ruby color in both its skins and pulp (the latter quality, making it a rare grape type known as “teinturier”). Makes for stunning photographs.

Visit Randy Caparoso Photography Storefront, https://www.randycaparosophotographystorefront.com.

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“Vertical cordon trained Zinfandel in winter fog.”

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This morning, winter pruning of ancient vines in heavy duty fog goes on. See more at https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/pruning-grapevines-in-the-breath

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Photographic ode to pruning old vines in bitter winter weather in children’s rhyme. Re “photography with feeling,” https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/pruning-grapevines-in-the-breath

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