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A NEW WINE DESTINATION Lodi, California By Margaret Word Burnside and Aaron R. Fodiman Photography by Gram and Noraa MARCH/APRIL 2017 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 153 TRAARVTEL Farms around Lodi, California, have been producing wine grapes for more than 100 years for producers of fine wines in other areas such as Napa and Sonoma. However, the Lodi growers recently decided to use Lodi grapes to produce their own high-quality wines. This has led to Lodi becoming one of California’s largest appellations with more than 100,000 acres of vines under more than 750 growers and more than 85 boutique wineries that specialize in small-lot wines. Wine Enthusiast Magazine named Lodi the 2015 Wine Region of the Year. �� The tasting room for Jeremy Wines in downtown Lodi is located in a restored early 1900s building and features a mid- 1800s tasting bar that was salvaged from a saloon in Wyoming. Lodi wine country is located 35 miles south of Sacramento and 90 miles east of San Francisco in Northern California.


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