Exciting first for American grown wines—Bokisch’s Lo Xalet Cava (champagne style sparkler) crafted from authentic Spanish grapes
Bokisch Vineyards' Liz and Markus Bokisch introducing Lo Xalet, America's first cava style sparkler, at their Clements Hills-Lodi winery.
Hang on to your hats, Lodi wine lovers, because the latest innovation coming out of Lodi is a doozy: The 2023 Bokisch Vineyards Clements Hills-Lodi Lo Xalet ($60). This is the first champagne method sparkling wine in California grown and crafted in the style of Spain’s cava (the Spanish word for sparkling wine).
To be an authentic cava style sparkler, a wine has to be made from the traditional grapes of Spain’s Cava D.O. (Denominación de Origen, or “Designation of Origin”), perched along the Mediterranean Sea in Catalonia’s Penedès region, south of Barcelona. The required grapes indigenous to Cava form something of a “holy trinity”...
Predicted wine trends for 2024—from the Lodi perspective
Sorting grapes from an ancient vine Mokelumne River-Lodi harvest.
It's that time of year when we start to talk about the most significant wine trends to expect in 2024.
At the end of this past November, for instance, the Benson Marketing Group came out with 6 Wine Industry Trends You Can't Ignore in 2024. Their first prediction: "The no-alcohol or low-alcohol wine craze continues." Question is, for whom? Wine lovers certainly don't drink non-alcohol wines, and they never will, unless ordered by their doctors.
The Benson group suggests that alcohol-free beverages are being driven by Millennials and Gen Z consumers seeking "healthier lifestyles and more mindful consumption." Clearly, though, this piece of information is neither here nor there for consumers who currently drink wine, and means nothing to wineries that make their living anticipating what actual wine drinkers want...
November colors, Bokisch's Terra Alta Vineyard, Clements Hills-Lodi.
#lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #bokischwine #randycaparosophotographyWhat a young European woman thinks of the Lodi winegrowing industry
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Spanish scholar Elvira Fonz Gutiérrez tasting a lighter, zestier, fruit-centered, contemporary style Lodi red made from Cinsaut—typical of the new generation of wine professionals, something she likes very much.
Guest column by Elvira Fonz Gutiérrez
Elvira Fonz Gutiérrez is a Huesca, Spain born, trilingual wine scholar who came to Lodi to complete her Master´s internship in spring of 2023. Her plan was to stay for six months, but she has recently signed on for an additional year...
Parellada approaching maturation (Spanish Cava grape, barely 18 Brix) in Miravet Vineyard, Lodi's Clements Hills AVA.
#parellada #cavagrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #bokischwine #2023harvest2023 Graciano in Bokisch Vineyards' Las Cerezas, east side of Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA.
#graciano #bokischwine #randycaparosophotography
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