Tag: Washington State Wine Commission

Sonoma County Winegrowers to Launch U.S. Wine Industry’s First Innovation Accelerator: Due to the ongoing pandemic, Sonoma County winegrowers gathered around their laptops and computer screens to review the organization’s efforts last year and learn about the future direction from the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ president, Karissa Kruse, as the 30st annual Dollars and $ense Seminar and Trade Show went virtual for the first time Thursday morning...

Feedback from survey ensures funding, determines importance of research priorities SEATTLE (January 13, 2021) – The Washington State Wine Commission is asking wine grape growers...

Gallo Set to Dominate the Bargain Basement: Monopolies should be feared; sometimes not for the obvious reasons...

Registration open for Jan. 20 WAVEx mechanization webinar SEATTLE (January 5, 2021) – Wine grape growers are invited to register for an upcoming webinar dedicated...

ABC Agents Will Be Out Labor Day Weekend: The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) today announced it will have agents out working to keep the public safe through enforcement of alcoholic beverage laws on Labor Day weekend...

Walla Walla Winery Fights Back About Poor Rating from BBB: A Walla Walla winery recently received a “F” rating from the Better Business Bureau after multiple complaints alleging orders were not delivered...

Royal Slope is state’s 15th AVA, defined by variation in elevation, slopes and aspect SEATTLE (September 2, 2020) — Royal Slope is the newest American Viticultural...

New Winery Wastewater Regulations Could Cost Small and Midsize Wineries Thousands Every Year: The California state water board is working on an update to the winery general order to provide a permitting process with water discharge requirements (WDR) that make sure wineries are in compliance with water quality regulation and allows them a pathway to compliance...

“Drink. For Washington.” campaign builds momentum among Washingtonians SEATTLE (August 3, 2020) — It’s more important than ever to support our local businesses. August is...

Digital series features renowned sommeliers & wine professionals SEATTLE (July 22, 2020) — The Washington State Wine Commission launched an innovative new digital conversation series...

Vintners invited to hear research findings during live telecast. SEATTLE (June 9, 2020) – Registration is open for WAVEx, a condensed version of the research...

Napa County Releases Crop Report; 2019 Wine Grape Crop Worth $938 Million: Napa County’s wine grape crop in 2019 saw a 13.5% decrease in volume and a 9.6% decrease in value as compared to 2018, according to the county’s annual crop report, released Tuesday...

Next in Sport: Worldwide Wine Trends: South Africa was struggling to export wine even before the pandemic, while France, Italy and... wait for it... Canada were booming. These are some of the takeaways from statistics released this week by the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine)...

No Safety in Numbers for Wine Grapes: Conventional wisdom tells us never to put all our eggs in one basket. The wine industry suggests otherwise...

A global movement that rallies around a bottle of wine SEATTLE, WA (April 20, 2020) – Support local, think global, #SipGlocal. The Washington State Wine Commission...