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Many Lodi wineries will start releasing their newest vintages this spring. But if you can’t wait that long, there are plenty of delicious recent releases from Lodi’s family farmers and winemakers to tide you over. Here are a several suggestions from wineries on the east side of Lodi: 2019 Acquiesce Winery Ingénue ($34) This rare blend of white Rhone varieties grenache blanc, clairette blanche, bourboulenc and picpoul blanc from Susan and Rodney Tipton’s estate in Acampo in the Mokelumne River micro-AVA gives delicate aromas of white flowers, mandarin and sage that yields to an explos...

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Alaska gardeners should resolve to plant a row for the hungry this year Print article I don’t normally make New Year’s resolutions. Today, however, I resolve to do more to get every gardener to plant a row in their garden to feed the hungry. Some readers may remember when we started to “Plant a Row for Beans” here in Anchorage. Then the program caught the eyes and hearts of garden writer friends who promoted this simplest of ideas nationally. They — and their newspapers — got behind “PAR,” asking gardeners to plant a row and then get the produce to someone who needs it.

LVVR Sparkling Cellars Winemaker Eric Donaldson owns the only winery in Lodi that employs the painstaking, laborious process called methode champenoise (or traditional method used to make champagne). In this process, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, leading to elegant expressions noted for long-lasting, fine bubbles.  Note: Several Lodi wineries take their still wine to outside wineries that also employ methode champenoise. Donaldson sources some of Lodi’s best growers for his label, and several clients have commissioned the Ohio native with MacGyver-like resourcef...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA 10 sparkling wines from Lodi to toast an end to 2020 and welcome in the New Year [The Record, Stockton, Calif] LODI – Without a minute to spare, it’s time to toast the end of 2020 and ring in the New Year with these sparkling choices from Lodi. LVVR Sparkling Cellars Winemaker Eric Donaldson owns the only winery in Lodi that employs the painstaking, laborious process called methode champenoise (or traditional method used to make champagne). In this process, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, leading to elegant expressions noted for long-lasting...