I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
Thanks.

Andy

AyTee wrote:
> I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
> weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
> recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
> interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
> Thanks.


Hopefully someone else here will know which ones are of interest. Lodi
hasn't gathered my interest yet. However, 40 miles to the northeast is
Plymouth (Amador County) wineries which is one of my favorite areas for
Zins. Really a fun area.

On Apr 9, 8:44 pm, miles > wrote:
> AyTee wrote:
> > I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
> > weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
> > recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
> > interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
> > Thanks.
>
> Hopefully someone else here will know which ones are of interest. Lodi
> hasn't gathered my interest yet. However, 40 miles to the northeast is
> Plymouth (Amador County) wineries which is one of my favorite areas for
> Zins. Really a fun area.

Thanks. Maybe I can make it to Amador County. Otherwise...it looks
like I will be the afw authority on Lodi wine.

Andy, spewing wine on keyboard

On Apr 10, 8:31 pm, "AyTee" > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 8:44 pm, miles > wrote:
>
> > AyTee wrote:
> > > I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
> > > weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
> > > recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
> > > interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
> > > Thanks.
>
> > Hopefully someone else here will know which ones are of interest. Lodi
> > hasn't gathered my interest yet. However, 40 miles to the northeast is
> > Plymouth (Amador County) wineries which is one of my favorite areas for
> > Zins. Really a fun area.
>
> Thanks. Maybe I can make it to Amador County. Otherwise...it looks
> like I will be the afw authority on Lodi wine.
>
> Andy, spewing wine on keyboard

It's too bad the El Dorado area is an hour from Lodi. I've enjoyed my
visits there.

On Apr 9, 8:37 pm, "AyTee" > wrote:
> I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
> weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
> recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
> interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
> Thanks.
>
> Andy

Andy, you'll find what you're looking for at a place called Vino
Piazza. Housed in an old winery and opened maybe a decade ago, Vino
Piazza serves as a sort of winery incubator, home of ten (!) small
wineries. It's an excellent opportunity to taste hand made wines
rather than the ones made on an industrial scale you'd find at the
likes of Woodbridge and Delicato (that said, Delicato often offers
good value, particularly their syrah/shiraz). Many of the Vino Piazza
wineries source fruit from the foothills as well as the Lodi area, so
you don't need to go to Amador or El Dorado to taste wines that use
fruit from those areas, if you don't want to make the drive. I've
moved out of the area and haven't visited in some time but I see that
the Macchia Winery is still there and I was impressed with some of
their stuff, so you can start there if you don't want to do all ten.
You can read details at www.vinopiazza.com

On Apr 9, 8:37 pm, "AyTee" > wrote:
> I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi CA in a few
> weeks. Any recommendations of wineries to visit. The only ones I
> recognize from my web search are Woodbridge and Delicato, which don't
> interest me much, but there are many others I've never heard of.
> Thanks.
>
> Andy

If you're looking for wineries you've "heard of", the likes of
Woodbridge and Delicato are what you're going to - wine on an
industrial scale. Although Lodi is an up-and-coming area, the Central
Valley is not generally known to generate the highest quality raw
material for wine - quantity, not quality, in other words. But there
is interesting wine to be had in Lodi. If you don't know where to
start, I'd suggest a visit to Vino Piazza, which houses something like
ten very small wineries. In some cases, they source fruit from the
foothills (Amador, El Dorado, Calaveras) as well as from Lodi, so you
get a chance to taste wines made from foothill fruit without the
hour's drive. I haven't been in awhile but if Macchia Winery is still
there, they would probably be worth a visit.

On Apr 11, 4:51 pm, "markw" > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 8:37 pm, "AyTee" > wrote:
>
> > I plan to accompany my wife on a business trip to Lodi ...

> If you're looking for wineries you've "heard of", the likes of
> Woodbridge and Delicato are what you're going to - wine on an
> industrial scale. Although Lodi is an up-and-coming area, the Central
> Valley is not generally known to generate the highest quality raw
> material for wine - quantity, not quality, in other words. But there
> is interesting wine to be had in Lodi. If you don't know where to
> start, I'd suggest a visit to Vino Piazza, which houses something like
> ten very small wineries. In some cases, they source fruit from the
> foothills (Amador, El Dorado, Calaveras) as well as from Lodi, so you
> get a chance to taste wines made from foothill fruit without the
> hour's drive. I haven't been in awhile but if Macchia Winery is still
> there, they would probably be worth a visit.

Thanks, that is very helpful. I'm not necessarily looking for wines
I've heard of -- it's just that I know too little to know where to
start. Your advice is just the sort of response I was hoping for.
Thanks.

Andy