Article by Randy Caparoso, Wine Journalist and Photographer Klinker Brick Winery head winemaker Joseph Smith, an Afro-Latin originally from Belize, and among a minority holding key positions in the Lodi wine industry A group of Lodi vintners have come together to form an organization called the Lodi Appellation Inclusion Collective, or LAIC. LAIC’s first activity is scheduled to take...

Bob Highfill The Record LODI – Shortly after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers, Rodney Tipton came across a social media post. It showed a list of Black wine professionals and said please do your part to magnify their voices. And by the way, there’s not much inclusion of race in the wine industry, the...