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Designated: 2005Vineyards: 17,082 acres (6,912 hectares)Top Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Riesling, SyrahAverage Annual Precipitation: 9 inches The Horse Heaven Hills AVA is home to over one quarter of Washington’s planted acreage. The area is among Washington’s warmer growing regions, making it an ideal place for Cabernet Sauvignon which makes…
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Climate Eastern Washington, where almost all of Washington’s wine grapes are grown, has long, warm summer days that provide ripe fruit flavors and cool nights that help lock in acidity. Long, Warm Days Eastern Washington is an arid and semi-arid desert, with hot summer days. The state’s northerly latitude…
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The May story from Tony Flores, Assistant Vineyard Manager at Andrews Family Vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills. EnglishEspañol Follow along as Tony Flores, Assistant Vineyard Manager at Andrews Family Vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills, works with…
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The March story from Tony Flores, Assistant Vineyard Manager at Andrews Family Vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills. EnglishEspañol Follow along with Tony Flores, Assistant Vineyard Manager at Andrews Family Vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills, as he…
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Enjoy the first story from Brittany Komm, Senior Viticulturist for Precept Wine. EnglishEspañol “We never really stop. We just slow down a little bit.” Let me first start off by saying how excited I am to be one…
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“I’m a sunrise person. I love the sunrises.” Meet Tony Flores, Assistant Vineyard Manager at Andrews Family Vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. In his 20 years there, Tony’s witnessed a lot of change. “When I started twenty years ago, we worked 400 acres of grapes. Now, we’re at…
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Enjoy the first story from Bernadette Gagnier, WSU V&E PhD Research Student. EnglishEspañol April, what did I do in the month of April? Usually, I am mentally preparing for May. May is when research field trials really kick…
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Bienvenido a Abriendo Camino, or, Breaking Ground: our first-ever farmer ambassador program. Es nuestro primer programa de embajadores de agricultores. David Rodriguez, one of our 2022 Breaking Ground Ambassadors EspañolEnglish Cada año, este programa bilingüe sigue a un…
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Designated: 2021Vineyards: 1,500 acres (607 hectares)Top Variety: Cabernet SauvignonAverage Annual Precipitation: 8-9 inches The Burn of Columbia Valley is located in south-central Washington, west of Horse Heaven Hills. The triangle-shaped appellation is wholly contained within the larger Columbia Valley. There are three distinguishing features of the appellation. The first is its soils, which are…
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The second story from Miriah Falce, Enologist at Cairdeas Winery in the Lake Chelan AVA. EnglishEspañol The Beginning and the End of the Winemaking Process, again. It is I, the girl who previously said we had no major…
