Direct link to Winery Media Consultant Carl Giavanti’s recent Q&A with me, re https://carlgiavanticonsulting.com/randy-caparoso-wine-journalist-author/. Carl’s series is called “Turning the Tables.” Having spent 28 years in the restaurant industry, this interview was definitely a rare instance when I found myself sitting at the wrong end of a table.
High wire trellised vines in December in Lodi's Jahant Viticultural Area. I am not a Lodi native. I have, however, lived and worked in the appellation since 2010. I am looking forward to a fourteenth year in my adopted home. For two weeks this past December (2023) I went back to my "roots," in the Hawaiian Islands. It was refreshing to see a lot of the old places and faces, and it also reminded me of why I now live in Lodi: Because it's real. Like Hawaii, Lodi has its own facade; instead of mythical grass shacks and plastic hula skirts, the face of Lodi visible to most of the world is one of low priced wines made to cater to the usual expectations of mass market, supermarket products. Like Hawaii, there is a lot more to Lodi than that...
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