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Florida sommelier shares deja vu from tasting Zinfandel from Lodi's oldest planting
By: Randy Caparoso
September 14,2020
LODI WINE
Last week Louis Anthony Chico, a sommelier living in Orlando, FL, wrote to us saying he had just experienced a deja vu...
Jessie's Grove: wines from some of California's most important old vines
By: Mike Dunne
November 5, 2019
THE PRESS
Lodi has 28 parks, quite a few for a community with not quite 70,000 residents, but none of them is a California State Historic Park...
Jessie's Grove's Royal Tee field mix - Lodi's oldest, most historic Zinfandel planting
By: Randy Caparoso
August 31, 2018
Jessie's Grove Winery's Royal Tee Vineyard is the Lodi Viticultural Area's oldest existing Zinfandel planting; put into the (Tokay Series) fine sandy loam of Mokelumne River's west side...
Jessie's Grove's Wanda Bechthold personifies Lodi's long, intriguing history
By: Randy Caparoso
September 12, 2016
A lot of Lodi's recent redefinition as a wine region of some prestige has to do with its tangible treasures...
Lodi's Oldest
July 19, 2010
Wandering through Lodi vineyards, it's easy to stumble across thick, lichen-covered, gnarly old vines, many falling over, still pushing out another vintage of green grapes...
5 themes involving California vintners
By: Jon Bonne
July 4, 2010
Now is the time of year to celebrate all things American in wine...