This legislation would create an Office of Agritourism at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to serve as a dedicated voice for agritourism businesses in the federal government and to consolidate federal resources to sustain agritourism businesses, such as loans, grants, and broadband connectivity programs.
Raise your glass because the month-long celebration of Washington wine is back. Washington Wine Month’s vibrant evolution to “WAugust” returns August 1.
The Washington wine industry’s annual signature research event—Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology —is scheduled for August 10th at the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser.
Washington State University scientists will showcase research to improve irrigation scheduling, grapevine plant models and heat stress mitigation on July 21st.
What is the relationship between the Washington wine industry and the National Grape Research Alliance? Donnell Brown takes a look.
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The numbers are in, and Washington wine grape growers reported a sizeable jump in tonnage last year. The Washington State Wine Commission’s annual Grape Production Report, showed 240,000 tons of wine grapes were harvested last season, a year-over-year increase of 34%. The state Win...
Last month, central Washington Republican Dan Newhouse was once again named Co-Chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus alongside California’s Mike Thompson. Newhouse said this 2nd run as Co-Chair is great news for the Washington wine industry.
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