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The Newcomers
With all due respect to Creedence Clearwater Revival, but there are some people who choose to get stuck in Lodi on purpose.
The term “new to Lodi” used to mean that your family had been here only two or three generations. But now there’s a whole new breed of growers and vintners (call them the omni-generationals) putting an exciting spin on what it means to be able to put the name Lodi on a bottle of wine. They’re bringing with them new ideas and new techniques, along with a deep appreciation and understanding of the unique conditions that make this one of the premier wine regions in the country. If not the world. And in doing so, they’ve opened a lot of eyes as to what’s possible. We’re talking about people like Markus Bokisch, who found the volcanic soils over in Clements Hills perfect for transplanting his family’s Spanish farming roots; becoming
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Liz and Markus Bokisch are local wine visionaries and pioneers. In the late 1990s, they were some of the first in California to wholeheartedly commit to the cultivation and vinification of Spanish grapes in California.
Markus’s Catalan heritage, combined with their shared history of living and working in Spain in the early 1990s, inspired the Bokisches to purchase vineyard property in Lodi in 1995 and plant it with Iberian grape varieties. They started with 20 acres, and now hold 2,500 acres of vines in four counties, from which more than 60 wineries source grapes. Managed by Markus, their vineyards in the Lodi AVA are all Lodi Rules certified, showing a commitment to sustainable farming and a serious commitment to responsible land stewardship.