City of Lodi Lodi Arch Lodi Arch City of Lodi is positioned in the US City of Lodi - City of Lodi Lodi / lo .da / loh-dy is a town/city located in San Joaquin County, California, in the northern portion of California's Central Valley.
Lodi is best known for being a center of winegrape manufacturing (the "Zinfandel Capital of the World"), although its vintages have traditionally been less prestigious than those of Sonoma and Napa counties.
However, in recent years, the Lodi Appellation has turn into increasingly respected for its Zinfandel wine and other eclectic varietals, along with its focus on sustainability under the Lodi Rules program. National recognition came from the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Lodi" and continues with the "2015 Wine Region of the Year" award given to Lodi by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Nearby Woodbridge is the home of the well known winery, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi.
Mondavi interval up in Lodi, and Mondavi Winery is considered[by whom?] one of the most influential in the American wine industry.
Lodi attained international consideration in 2005 when small-town inhabitants Hamid and Umer Hayat were arrested and charged in the first terrorism trial in the state of California.
6.5 Taste of Lodi Alternatively, Lodi is a town/city in northern Italy where Napoleon defeated the Austrians in 1796 and won his first military victory.
More than likely, some of the earliest settler families were from Lodi, Illinois, and they chose to use the same name as their hometown. Additional enhance buildings constructed amid this reconstructioninclude the Lodi Opera House in 1905, a Carnegie library in 1909, and a hospital in 1915. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lodi had a populace of 62,134.
The ethnic makeup of Lodi was 44,715 (71.9%) White, 517 (0.8%) African American, 560 (0.9%) Native American, 4,293 (6.9%) Asian, 105 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 11,164 (18.0%) from other competitions, and 2,833 (4.6%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 61,457 citizens (98.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 187 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 490 (0.8%) were institutionalized.
There were 22,097 homeholds, out of which 8,462 (38.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 10,952 (49.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,917 (13.2%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 1,389 (6.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 17,282 citizens (27.8%) under the age of 18, 5,863 citizens (9.4%) aged 18 to 24, 15,931 citizens (25.6%) aged 25 to 44, 14,681 citizens (23.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,377 citizens (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
32,153 citizens (51.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,304 citizens (47.2%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the 2000 census, 68,000 citizens or 14,339 families resided in the city, in 20,692 homeholds.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Lodi is flat terrain at an altitude of approximately 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level datum. Historically the region has had some grazing territory uses as well as grain production. There has long been a boss in the region to preserve a "greenbelt" as a buffer zone between Lodi and Stockton in order to keep the two metros/cities separate. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city covers an region of 13.8 square miles (36 km2), 98.46% of it land, and 1.54% of it water.
Lodi has cool, wet winters, often characterized by dense ground fog, and very warm, dry summers.
According to the Koppen climate classification system, Lodi has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csa).
There are an average of 65.3 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) or higher and an average of 30.5 days with lows of 32 F (0 C) or lower.
Snow is very rare in Lodi, but 1.5 in (3.8 cm) fell on January 12, 1930.
Climate data for Lodi, California Average rainy days 10 9 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 9 59 Early industries in Lodi encompassed a sawmill, flour mill, vineyards, orchards, and cattle ranching.
The Lodi Land and Lumber Company sawmill was assembled on the south bank of the Mokelumne River in 1877, and relied on logs floated down from the Sierras amid the rainy season.
The early 20th century saw the establishment of a several large manufacturers and general service providers with nationwide distribution capabilities, such as Supermold, the Pinkerton Foundry, Lodi Truck Service, the Lodi Iron Works, Pacific Coast Producers, Holz Rubber Company, Valley Industries, and Goehring Meat Company. Today the Lodi region is home to a several large manufacturing, general services, and agricultural companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Blue Shield of California, Dart Container, General Mills, Holz Rubber Company, Kubota Tractors, Lodi Iron Works, Miller Packing Company, Pacific Coast Producers, Tiger Lines, Valley Industries, and Woodbridge-Robert Mondavi. Lodi is the place of birth of A&W Root Beer and A&W Restaurants established in 1919, which later became one of the first franchised fast food restaurants. 1 Lodi Unified School District 2,762 2 Lodi Memorial Hospital 1,329 7 City of Lodi 440 Lodi is the place of birth of A&W Root Beer, the first batch was made in 1919 on a hotdog cart amid a parade.
Lodi's A&W restaurant features an A&W Museum.
The Farmers Market is held every Thursday evening from May 16 through September 1 (2016) on School Street in Downtown Lodi.
It is hosted and run by the Lodi Chamber of Commerce.
Lodi and its surroundings are well known for the cultivation of grapes and manufacturing of wine.
There are many vineyards in Lodi with century-old grapevines, some going into cult California wines like Bedrock and Turley.
Starting in the early 20th century, and right up to the early 1980s, Lodi promoted itself as the "Tokay Capital of the World" due to the abundance of the Flame Tokay range in the area. Nowadays there are over 100 different grape varieties planted in the Lodi AVA in over 113,000 acres of vineyards.
With the replacement by other varietals, primarily Zinfandel, Lodi is widely recognized as the old vine Zinfandel capital of the world.
Lodi's expansion as a premium winegrape producer and awarded wine region is largely due to the formation of the Lodi Winegrape Commission in 1991, five years after the appellation was formed. In 1991, winegrape growers decided to self-impose a tax on their grapes to fund the Commission, which now boasts seven full-time staff members and a several volunteer committees concentrated on education, research, and marketing of the region's winegrapes.
In 1992, the Commission launched a grape Integrated Pest Management Program which has turn into California's initial winegrape sustainability program, known as Lodi Rules. In 2014, the rigorous, third-party certified Lodi Rules Sustainability Program was awarded the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award. In 2015, Lodi was titled Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast magazine. The Wine Bloggers Conference of 2016 brought over 300 wine bloggers to the area, where attendees filled the Internet with compliments about the small-town hospitality of Lodi's approachable, authentic winegrowing community. Every September the prominent Lodi Grape Festival is held and includes rides, food, and wine tasting.
Also prominent is the Wine & Food Festival (Formerly known as the Spring Wine Show, held in late March/early April, so as not to coincide with Easter every year), which showcases the area's 50-plus award-winning wineries.
The San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, the biggest exhibition complex in the county, is just south of Lodi, at the Micke Grove Regional Park, and traces the history of the region through many exhibits and interactive displays.
Taste of Lodi is another prominent food and wine event that brings tourism from small-town communities.
It features over 40 award-winning Lodi wineries along with food selections from some of the area's finer restaurants and caterers.
Changing Faces Theater Company is a non-profit, student-run organization, which is supported by the Lodi Arts Commission.
Lodi Musical Theatre Company is also prominent in the Lodi theatre community, staging shows at Hutchins Street Square such as "West Side Story" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".
Conceived in 2005 by the Lodi Winegrape Commission, this wine event is held at Lodi Lake and features Lodi's finest Zinfandel wines. Usually held on the third weekend of May, this event includes a Friday evening dinner called "Vintner's Grille".
Wineries of the Lodi Appellation participate with each of the more than 50 wineries hosting Tickets include two days of wine tasting, a wine glass, a chocolate treat, and a chance to wine prizes.
Lodi Monthly Magazine Lodi News-Sentinel A Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Lodi", was titled for Lodi, California, although the songwriter John Fogerty admits he had never actually visited the town/city and simply thought it was "the coolest sounding name." Still, the song, with its chorus "Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again," has been the infamous of various affairs in the town/city including a past Grape Festival.
He also laments how now that he is in Lodi, it "looks like they took my friends." Lodi was also shown in E! The hit tv program, Sons of Anarchy, is set in a fictional town a short distance from Lodi.
In the show, Lodi is home of the Grim Bastards and Calaveras MC, two other gangs.
Lodi was featured in the 2015 movie Concussion, starring Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a Lodi doctor who linked football concussions to a brain disease.
Lodi has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Italy Lodi, Italy Olympe Bradna, French actress and dancer, lived and died in Lodi "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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