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Washington Reaches 1,000 Active Winery Licenses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE (October 17, 2019)—Washington state’s wine industry reached a major milestone by surpassing 1,000 active winery licenses, according to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB). “To think about where we started and where we are today is absolutely thrilling,” said Steve Warner, President of Washington…
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Washington Wine Teams Up With Russell Wilson

Betz Family Winery’s Untold Story & Let Russ Cook aprons sold exclusively at Safeway, Albertsons & the winery’s website to benefit United Way's Ride United Program.
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“I’ve been local my whole life.” — Nic Stevens

“He sido local toda mi vida.” Meet Nic Stevens, Vineyard Manager and Assistant Winemaker at Tsillan Cellars in the Lake Chelan Valley. With just over one year under his belt, Nic is relatively new to wine, but not to Washington. “I grew up in East Wenatchee. My grandparents had an…
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Successful Management and Mitigation of Smoke Exposed Grapes

Elizabeth Tomasino, Associate Professor, Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University, elizabeth.tomasino@oregonstate.edu Anita Oberholster, Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension in Enology, Viticulture and Enology, University of California-Davis, aoberholster@ucdavis.edu Thomas Collins, Assistant Professor, Viticulture & Enology, Washington State University, tom.collins@wsu.edu Linda Brewer, Senior Faculty Research Assistant II, Horticulture, Oregon State University…
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Red Mountain Turns 20 in 2021

This year, Red Mountain celebrates 20 years as an American Viticultural Area, after two pioneering spirits—John Williams and Jim Holmes—decided to plant the first vines in 1975 amid a desertous valley filled with sagebrush. Since then, a growing community of viticulturists with grit, determination and commitment to experimentation…