So, twice in the last 15 days, I had the opportunity to sample (as well as assist!) wines from the Lodi Appellation. If you're not familiar with where this is, Lodi is about half an hour south of Sacramento, and about 1 1/2 hours east of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has warm (and sometimes hot) summer days, but breezy and cool summer evenings, sandy-loamy soils, and dedicated families, which makes for growing wonderful wine grapes! The first event was the annual "Taste of Lodi" in late September, where Lodi displayed its full late summer heat, with 100-plus degree days, which were helping finish ripening this years' crop, and the second was mid October (the 11th to be precise), on a very cool day on Treasure Island, for the aptly named inaugural Treasure Island Wine Fest. Both were informative, enjoyable, and full of surprises (including the Blue Angels!). Over the next week, I'll relate some of the wines I sampled, and some of the people behind them. Hope you'll enjoy!
More coming soon
David
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