Bokisch has big day at competition

Bokisch Vineyards was at its best during the recent San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.

The local winery scored big with four medals, with its two flagship wines, Albariño and Tempranillo, receiving Best of Class awards. Bokich’s Garnacha won gold and its new Tizona by Bokisch Zinfandel received a silver. The 2014 reds are the first vintage produced in Bokisch’s new winery located at their Terra Alta Vineyard under the direction of winemaker Elyse Perry.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the wine competition is the largest wine contest in the world consisting of only American wines.

Markus and Liz Bokisch first purchased Lodi vineyard property in 1995 and produced their first wine in 1999. Since 2001, they have released Iberian varietal wines under their Bokisch Vineyards label. Presently, the Bokisch Vineyards label carries 10 Iberian varietal wines and one red wine blend: five white varietal wines, a rosé, four red varietal wines, and a red wine blend.

In 2015 the winery introduced a new label, Tizona, which now carries three wines: Old Vine Zinfandel; Malbec; Late Harvest Graciano.

Bokisch Vineyards winery is located at 18921 Atkins Road in Lodi. The winery produces about 5,000 cases of wine per year.

Nina Lozano named vice president at Rabobank

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY — Nina Lozano has been promoted to vice president and treasury relationship manager, senior for international services at Rabobank N.A.

Lozano specializes in determining business customers’ treasury needs to enrich each customer’s strategic business plan and strengthen the banking relationship between customer and banker. Lozano has also developed and enhanced relationships with commercial and agricultural business clients throughout the U.S. and has maintained an international portfolio of more than 350 accounts.

Lozano has more than a decade of banking and financial services experience and has been with Rabobank since 2010. Prior to joining the bank, she worked at Pacific State Bank as a cash manager. She is a graduate of San Joaquin Delta College and California State University, Stanislaus.

Rabobank N.A. is an award-winning, full-service bank rooted in California’s agricultural heartlands. It has 102 branches, including one in Lodi.