Winemakers and grape growers have been looking forward to this year's harvest due to the wet winter that Northern California experienced, but as we near mid-August, grapes are still on the vine and there's a concern about a late harvest.
The primary industry in Lodi, California, is agriculture. About 40 miles southeast of the capital city of Sacramento, this land flanking the Mokelumne River is blanketed in grapevines dating back to 1850. But in this grape-producing powerhouse, which produces 20% of all of California’s wine grapes, just 80 independent wineries stand. Farmers sell most of […]