{"id":21575,"date":"2015-11-15T03:11:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T11:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=21575"},"modified":"2015-11-15T03:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T11:11:17","slug":"wine-region-of-the-year-lodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wine-region-of-the-year-lodi\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Region of the Year: Lodi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/lodwinz.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lodi, the b<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/dining\/lodi-awrootbeer.html\">irth place of A&amp;W Rootbeer<\/a>, has been supplying winegrapes to wineries for generations. &#8220;Lodi\u00a0is emerging in its own right as a world-class wine producing region,&#8221; says Camron King, Executive Director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission (lodiwine.com).<\/p>\n<p>Lodi was recently selected as Wine Region of the Year for 2015 by Wine Enthusiast\u00a0which\u00a0has given out annual awards to\u00a0individuals, companies, regions and organizations whose vision has impacted the wine and spirits industries. Paso Robles, Calif.,\u00a0\u00a0New York State\u00a0and the Rh\u00f4ne Valley are among previous winners. Our recommendation for your first visit is Lodi Wines &amp; Visitor Center . It is open daily\u00a010 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m. Location:\u00a02545 W. Turner Road, Lodi, CA. Call: (209) 365-0621<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT LODI WINES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winegrape growing region since the 1850s<\/li>\n<li>LODI NATIVE collaborative spotlights heritage plantings<\/li>\n<li>110,000 acres of vineyards<\/li>\n<li>Over 750 growers<\/li>\n<li>Over 85 boutique wineries specializing in small-lot, handmade wines<\/li>\n<li>California\u2019s first \u00a0sustainable,\u00a0third-party-certified winegrowing program<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0More than 100 varieties currently being cultivated<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02,000 acres of pre-Prohibition own rooted vines<\/li>\n<li>Recognized for\u00a0\u00a0Zinfandel production, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Chardonnay and\u00a0varietals Albari\u00f1o, Tempranillo, Kerner, Gew\u00fcrztraminer, Graciano and Vermentino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lodi, the birth place of A&amp;W Rootbeer, has been supplying winegrapes to wineries for generations. &#8220;Lodi\u00a0is emerging in its own right as a world-class wine producing region,&#8221; says Camron King, Executive Director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission (lodiwine.com). Lodi was recently selected as Wine Region of the Year for 2015 by Wine Enthusiast\u00a0which\u00a0has given out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}