Perhaps surprisingly, Lodi is California’s largest American Viticultural Area, or AVA, producing around 40% of all premium wine grapes in the state, and it’s starting to get a lot of attention for the role it plays in state-wide wine production.

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With 40,469 planted acres, the Central Valley town located approximately two hours northeast of San Francisco has more wine-growing land than Napa and Sonoma combined. It’s best known for its zinfandels, and specifically, its old vine zins (many upward of 100 years old) but is also a major producer of cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, merlot and petite sirah.

A perfect tourist itinerary combines all of Lodi’s best agricultural exports. While largely focused on wine grapes, the region is also known for its other crops, such as almo

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