Lodi’s sparkling wine scene is about to lose a heavyweight. Rack & Riddle, the nation’s leading custom sparkling wine producer, is shutting down its Lodi production site and consolidating sparkling operations in Sonoma County. The company says the Lodi facility will be folded into its Healdsburg campus as part of a newly planned “Sparkling Innovation Park,” a move that reshapes Lodi’s bottling capacity and contract winemaking work.
The closure first surfaced in local coverage this week. As reported by CBS News Sacramento, the company announced the decision in a brief video and statement confirming that the Lodi plant will close, though without laying out a detailed shutdown schedule.
Sparkling Innovation Park And Consolidation Plan
In a press release carried by Wine Industry Advisor, Rack & Riddle framed the shift as a strategic consolidation designed to “strengthen long-term growth, increase efficiency and accelerate innovation.” The company plans to centralize major sparkling operations inside its new Sparkling Innovation Park on the Healdsburg campus. “This is about building the next chapter of Rack & Riddle, investing in innovation, scale and operational excellence,” CEO Jeff Tuttle said in the release.
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