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Taste Washington Festival to Relaunch in 2023

SEATTLE (November 19, 2021)โ€”The organizers of Taste Washington regretfully announce today that the Taste Washington festival will not occur in 2022. They are immediately working toward a full relaunch in 2023. There are a myriad of reasons a festival is not possible in 2022. Among them, Visit Seattle, which has…
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Canada Exporter Guide

Importing more than $16 billion of U.S. high-value, consumer-oriented goods, Canada was the number one overseas market for U.S. food and agricultural exports in 2018. Unparalleled regulatory cooperation, sophisticated transportation logistics and financial markets, geographic proximity, similar consumer preferences, and relatively affluent consumers are part of the reason why Canada…
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Washington State Legislature Passes Wine Industry Specialty License Plate

SEATTLE (April 6, 2022)โ€”Washington lawmakers passed a bill to create a Washington wine specialty license plate to help fund state tourism efforts. The Washington Wine Institute, in partnership with the Washington State Wine Commission, worked directly with prime sponsor Rep. Kelly Chambers (R-Puyallup), and lawmakers in Olympia this session to…
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Regions & AVAs

Washington is home to a diverse group of growing regions, which vary significantly by the amount of area they encompass, their climate, soils, and what is planted there. This diversity is one of the reasons such a large number of varieties succeed in Washington. While some of these regions might…
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Taste Washington Returns in March 2024

SEATTLE (August 30, 2023) โ€“ Taste Washington will return to Seattle in March 2024. The nationโ€™s largest single-region wine & food festival made a triumphant return this year after a 3-year hiatus, bringing more than 14,000 attendees to eight signature events hosted throughout the city.ย The 2023 festival kicked off in…
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Press Release Sustainable WA Partners with Salmon-Safe The Washington wine industry announced an exciting partnership between the stateโ€™s sustainability certification for winegrapes โ€“ Sustainable WA โ€“ and Salmon-Safe, a leading U.S. regional eco-label focused on watershed protection. Download Press Release Latest Press Releases…
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WA Wine Month 2021 Winery Toolkit

Letโ€™s celebrate the togetherness that makes WA Wine so special. Dear Wineries, Vineyards, & Partners: This August, we have so much to look forward to โ€“ our brand new website, new Map My WA Wine mobile app, and of course, Washington Wine Month! Download the toolkit above and kickstart your…
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Washington State Wine Commission Research Grant Program: Project Proposal Template

All applications will be submitted and uploaded through the Washington Wine Research Grant Portal. You will need to create a profile before submitting. All new proposals (demonstration, one-year projects and 3-4 year projects) must go through a preproposal process โ€“ย deadline is November 5, 2024. The pre-proposal application is available through…