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Join Cadence Winery’s duo Ben Smith and Gaye Mcnutt alongside Executive Chef Luke Koplin for an unforgettable night of culinary revelry. We will be story-telling through 5 courses of the best of the Northwest’s Summer cuisine paired with some of the most iconic selections from the Cadence repertoire of award-winning…
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An interview with Blake Hintz of Saviah Cellars by Gustavo Ortiz In this interview, I got in contact with Blake Hintz a former alumnus from College Cellars. He is the Cellar Technician at Saviah Cellars. Throughout the interview we talked about everything from the beginning to now, this man Blake…
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What does it mean to you to be a part of this program—and the first of its kind at that? On April 6, 2022, Forbes published an in-depth article about Breaking Ground, highlighting the program, how it began, and what we hope it will become.
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“Haremos haciendo alrededor de 250 selecciones separadas.” Meet Sadie Drury, General Manager at North Slope Management, where she oversees 50 crew members and 300 acres of vines in the SeVein area of the Walla Walla Valley. “I’ve always been working outdoors. I don’t know that farming’s the right word,” Sadie…
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When the summer sun starts cooking the city, nothing feels better than a trip to the coast. Make sure to bring WA wine with you to stay extra cool.
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The Washington wine industry is proud to officially launch Sustainable WA, the first statewide certified sustainability program. Sustainability includes a broad set of science-based practices developed for local conditions and vineyard and winery scale. Objectives include natural resources, watershed protection, soil health, low input farming, employee and community stewardship and…
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Location: Northwestern WashingtonDesignated: 1995Total Size: 5.5 million acresAcreage under vine: 121 acres (49 hectares)Top Varieties: Pinot Noir, Madeline Angevine, SiegerrebeSoils: Gravelly sandy loam over glacial hardpan Average Annual Precipitation: 15-60 inches Two Things to Know: Currently Washington’s only growing region located west of the Cascade Mountain range. It therefore has a…
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All Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan™ members are eligible to check a case of Washington wine from any airport in the state at no additional cost. Walla Walla Valley AVA. And it gets better. Show your boarding pass at participating Washington wineries and your tasting fee is waived. As part…
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Final Report June 2023 Principal Investigator: David James, Washington State University, Prosser Telephone: 509-786-9280 Summary: This project aimed to determine the economic impact of the White-headed grape leaffolder (WGL) on wine grape production in eastern Washington. Monitoring of WGL populations in selected, unsprayed Red Mountain vineyard blocks during 2020 indicated…
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Final Report: 2021- 2022 David G. James, Department of Entomology, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350 Tel: 509 786 9280. Email: david_james@wsu-edu Summary: Leafminer damage on wine grapes was first reported from vineyards in the Tri-Cities area in September 2020. We determined that the…
