Jon Bjork
@jonoflodi.bsky.social
Working behind the scenes for Lodi wineries.
I hate what this will do to representation for Lodi, CA. (I can literally walk across 3 boundaries from my house.) We very much like Josh Harder. Glad this will be temporary. I don't see another choice in making the House effective in representing my interests.
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I hate what this will do to representation for Lodi, CA. (I can literally walk across 3 boundaries from my house.) We very much like Josh Harder. Glad this will be temporary. I don't see another choice in making the House effective in representing my interests.
Love these end-of-season "spoon" tomatoes! We just throw them into salads. Nice sweet/sour balance.
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Love these end-of-season "spoon" tomatoes! We just throw them into salads. Nice sweet/sour balance.
No more wine label approvals. Oh well.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No more wine label approvals. Oh well.
Berghold Vineyards Viognier this morning during this cooler summer in Lodi. Markus collects clusters to test for sugar, acidity & flavor. We might pick these later this week or early next week. (22.9 Brix & pH 3.2 for fellow numbers nerds.)
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#Viognier #Wine #Grapes #Lodi
@Visit_Lodi for @Lodi_Wine
#Viognier #Wine #Grapes #Lodi
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
An interesting view from starting up our sampling at Berghold Vineyards in Lodi this morning. This is an old vine Shiraz clone that makes for nice crispy fresh wine. Too bad we don't have any orders for these grapes yet. Par for the course this year.
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#Wine #Grapes #Lodi
@Visit_Lodi for @Lodi_Wine
#Wine #Grapes #Lodi
August 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Backyard Lodi Petite Sirah 2025 harvest from Saturday. Mostly for juice, but at a very nice natural sugar/acid balance with just enough emerging flavors to still be interesting. We did leave a few clusters for the angry birds that had already done their own sampling.
August 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Backyard Lodi Petite Sirah 2025 harvest from Saturday. Mostly for juice, but at a very nice natural sugar/acid balance with just enough emerging flavors to still be interesting. We did leave a few clusters for the angry birds that had already done their own sampling.
We love this cooler weather in Lodi! Very little mildew compared with 2023 which was cool and devastating. Our GDD was running almost exactly along the average of the last 5 years until the 16th, when it took a turn under average. We'll see what happens...
July 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We love this cooler weather in Lodi! Very little mildew compared with 2023 which was cool and devastating. Our GDD was running almost exactly along the average of the last 5 years until the 16th, when it took a turn under average. We'll see what happens...
Exhibit A. Otherwise beautiful clusters of Petite Sirah if it weren't for a couple of peck-sampling birds.
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Exhibit A. Otherwise beautiful clusters of Petite Sirah if it weren't for a couple of peck-sampling birds.
Ready. Set. Go!
Lodi Petite Sirah with timing almost dead-on 2024.
Lodi Petite Sirah with timing almost dead-on 2024.
July 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ready. Set. Go!
Lodi Petite Sirah with timing almost dead-on 2024.
Lodi Petite Sirah with timing almost dead-on 2024.
An excellent way to start your day in Lodi! Kudos to Jess Lander for beginning her coverage of our wine community.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
An excellent way to start your day in Lodi! Kudos to Jess Lander for beginning her coverage of our wine community.
Read more:
bit.ly/VisitorCente...
Read more:
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My dump bin after removing basal leaves, third clusters and wings off of very happy Lodi Petite Sirah. No one needs extra fruit this year.
May 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My dump bin after removing basal leaves, third clusters and wings off of very happy Lodi Petite Sirah. No one needs extra fruit this year.
Another beautiful Lodi day. Looking west toward Mt. Diablo.
April 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Another beautiful Lodi day. Looking west toward Mt. Diablo.
Markus inspects Lodi's 89 year old Nicolini Ranch Carignane this morning as it wakes up. We're hoping we won't see frost or hail on these ancient vines. And we'd love a year without heat spikes.
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Markus inspects Lodi's 89 year old Nicolini Ranch Carignane this morning as it wakes up. We're hoping we won't see frost or hail on these ancient vines. And we'd love a year without heat spikes.
Wine is about relationships. Put unprovoked tariffs on your neighbor and it's no surprise they will stop drinking your wine. Very damaging to be losing our best customers when we need them more than ever.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
March 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wine is about relationships. Put unprovoked tariffs on your neighbor and it's no surprise they will stop drinking your wine. Very damaging to be losing our best customers when we need them more than ever.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tariffs on Canada are triggering an expected removal and boycott of California wines. This will have immediate and long term damaging consequences for our industry. Remind me again why we are starting a trade war with our northern neighbor?!?
Hear the LCBO's remarks: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Hear the LCBO's remarks: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
March 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tariffs on Canada are triggering an expected removal and boycott of California wines. This will have immediate and long term damaging consequences for our industry. Remind me again why we are starting a trade war with our northern neighbor?!?
Hear the LCBO's remarks: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Hear the LCBO's remarks: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...