The crack of dawn, two hundred years
ago: a farmer dons his hat, grabs a
shovel, goes outside and digs himself
a hole. And into that hole he plants a
vine. A winegrape vine to be exact. The
vine thrives so well and produces such
excellent fruit that he plants more, as
does the generation that comes next,
and the one after, and the one after
that. Until—well, here we are, five
generations of growers later and Lodi
winegrapes are considered to be some
of the finest and most coveted in all of
winemaking. That’s not to say every
vine here can trace its roots back to
early Lodi. Why, there’s a whole range
of varieties —over 100 plus—from
young ten- and twenty-year-old vines to
thirty- and forty-year-old middle agers:
Albariño from Spain, Barbera from Italy,
Dornfelder from Germany, and from the
south of France, Cinsault. All thriving in
perfect conditions. One day to plant.
Three years to produce. Five generations
to perfect. Perhaps you’ve waited long
enough to try the results, no?There’s something
happening here.Visit: LodiWine.comThe History of Lodi(in five hats).18521931195619692020