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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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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Read all about the Old Vine Conference's 2026 Old Vine Photography Competition! https://caparoso.substack.com/p/the-2026-old-vine-photography-competition

Four categories. Grand prize: A once-in-a-lifetime trip with the Old Vine Conference to photograph more of the world’s most remarkable, historic vineyards.

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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.

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“Vertical cordon trained Zinfandel in winter fog.”

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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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The longer the spurs, the older the vines. In these three photos of ancient vine Zinfandel, laid bare by winter chill, long arms reflect over 100 years of pruning at the tips, the twisting spurs slowly yet surely growing in length, centimeter by centimeter. Timeless vines, producing timeless wines.

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How the cruel yet empathetic tule fog tells its tales. Re https://rcaparoso.substack.com/p/winter-in-wine-country

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A restaurant style list of wines celebrating Lodi terroir. Re https://caparoso.substack.com/p/a-last-shout-out-to-lodi-an-appellation.

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