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CONTENTS General information and schedule of events Lodi Grape Festival honors nation with patriotic theme, ‘America the Beautiful’ Mural captures festival’s patriotic theme Fair talent guaranteed to rock Lodi with funk, alternative, blues Don and Jean Phillips head this year’s parade as grand marshals Festival parade comes from months of planning, effort Patriotic festival theme turns Grape Pavilion into a hall of flags Festival presents chance to taste fine local wines Good eats, from snacks to desserts, can be found at the festival Bobbie Norton: Invaluable behind-the-scenes person Answers to Grape Festival trivia questions Butler Amusements brings fun, games to Grape Festival Step right up and win a stuffed bulldog! Talented people make murals with grapes Hewlett-Packard brings technology exhibit to town Swan Brothers bring comedy circus to festival once again Don’t forget to visit the petting zoo Grape Festival features tobacco-free zones for fair-goers Festival Web site tells what to see, do 2002 president Caroline Lange has years of festival experience Board of directors plans for four-day event all year 2001 Grape Festival carried on despite terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. From Tokay to today: Evolution of the Grape Festival |
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Festival presents chance to taste fine local wines By Ryan Campbell What began several years ago as a modest fund-raiser for local a high school has blossomed into a virtual who’s who in Lodi fine wines. The recent boom in the number and quality of boutique wineries in Lodi has manifested itself in the wide selection of wines being served at this year’s edition of the Lodi Grape Festival. Of the 22 wines being served, nine are produced in Lodi and nearly all are made from locally grown grapes. Many of the wineries being featured at the festival have been getting recognition from far beyond the town limits. At one time considered an area suitable for bulk wines and little else, Lodi has reaped recognition from wine lovers the world over. Several of the wines that will be poured at the festival have garnered awards from the prestigious California State Fair Grape and Gourmet Wine Judging competition held recently in Sacramento. The Lucas winery, for example, took home a bronze for a fruity 2001 chardonnay, while St. Amant Winery won gold for its vintage port and a silver for 2001 viognier. Peirano Estate will be pouring its award-winning shiraz and viognier at the festival tasting as well. Meanwhile, Michael David Vineyards will be pouring its symphony wines at the tasting which brought home two bronze medals from the state fair. Van Ruiten-Taylor, which took home silver and bronze medals, will feature its cab-shiraz at the tasting. The charity event once had to bring in several wines from outside Lodi to offer people a respectable selection, according to Tom Hoffman, a local grape grower in charge of the event. Today, the majority have connections to Lodi, he said. “It’s a great place for people who want to try wine but aren’t sure what they like,” Hoffman said. More than 80 volunteers will be donating their time and pouring wine in three shifts to benefit the Lodi Flame Foundation. The foundation was set up to provide funding for academic programs at Lodi High School. The tasting will be held at the west end of the pavilion area each day of the festival. Foothill and Sonoma wines will also be dolled out to the thirsty tasters at the charity event. Home | News | Sports | Business | Features | Opinion | Obituaries |Classifieds | Archives |
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