RandyCaparoso.wineauthorA vivid visual history of Lodi's annual harvest celebration, the Lodi Grape Festival. Re https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/The-annual-Lodi-Grape-Festival-continues-to-celebrate-the-region-s-number-one-commodity--grapes--
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The annual Lodi Grape Festival continues to celebrate the region's number one commodity (grapes!)
The Ole Mettler Pavilion on the grounds of the Lodi Grape Festival during last weekend's 2024 Lodi Grape Festival. In 1934 Lodi was in the mood to celebrate. Naturally, local farmers and city organizers felt that it should also be a celebration publicizing the region's number one commodity: Grapes. Not that there was much else to celebrate. The entire country was still in the throes of the Great Depression, affecting Lodi as much as any community in America. The year before (in 1933) Lodi farmers fought tooth and nail against union organizers, threatening to disrupt vineyard operations. It did not end well... for the strikers and organizers (see our 2023 post, History of Lodi labor)...
