RandyCaparoso.wineauthorKerner grape harvest, Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #kernergrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
In today's lodiwine.com/blog, an early report with some of our favorite photos of the 2024 Lodi harvest (re https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/Early-report-on-the-2024-Lodi-harvest ). #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #2024harvest #randycaparosophotography #zinfandel #carignan #kernergrape #markuswine #harneylanewine #oldvines #ancientvines
Early report and favorite photographs of the start of the 2024 Lodi harvest
\ Old vine Carignan harvest in Lodi' s Mokelumne River AVA, September 2, 2024. For most of Lodi's smaller, handcraft wineries, the 2024 wine grape harvest began in mid-August. The pace of the picking of old vine blocks, which are generally lower yielding than younger trellised vineyards, picked up during the last week of August and first week of September. A big question for much of the industry has been how much of an impact 2024's extraordinary heat waves, which began in June, will have on grape quality and yield. One initial impression shared by Markus Wine Co. owner/grower/winemaker Markus Niggli⏤who began picking his Nicolini Ranch Carignan (oldest vines planted in the 1930s) on September 2, and Rous Vineyard (Zinfandel planted in 1909) on September 5⏤was the following: The heat waves have had negligible impact...
In today's lodiwine.com/blog: Putting to bed, once and for all, the myth that light and crisply balanced white wines can't be produced in warm climate regions. Re https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/Shockingly-good-whites-and-shibboleths-about-warm-climate-winegrowing
#mediterraneanclimate #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #lodiwhitewines #assyrtiko #vermentino #picpoul #piquepoul #kernergrape #albarino #clairetteblanche #bourboulenc #fiano #xarello #grenacheblanc
Putting to bed the myth that light and crisply balanced whites can't be grown in warm climates
Clements Hills-Lodi harvesting of Assyrtiko, a Mediterranean grape of Greek origin known for retaining a refreshingly high acidity grown in even the hottest, dryest climate. Albariño, Assyrtiko, Bacchus, Bourboulenc, Chenin blanc, Clairette blanche, Grenache blanc, Fiano, Kerner, Macabeo, Parellada, Piquepoul, Riesling, Vermentino, Xarel-lo and more... The other day I was telling an old friend/colleague about a fantastic 20-year-old bottle of white wine grown in Lodi I recently enjoyed. How it tasted fresh as a daisy and, a little surprising, was made from Chardonnay⏤a grape not exactly considered the pièce de résistance of Lodi, a region better known as the "Zinfandel capital of the world." He stopped me and said, "Wait a second... there is white wine in Lodi?" He wasn't being facetious. Needless to say, I told my friend that Lodi is like any other commercial wine region, and any region that grows grapes for wineries that put the kazillion bottles of wine on grocery store shelves across the country has to grow white wine grapes, and lots of them...
Lodi snapshots: Kerner grape harvest in Mokelumne Glen Vineyards, east side the Mokelumne Glen appellation. #kernergrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #mokelumneglen