Grower Tom Miller helps Kathy Charlton unload his grapes that were grown locally for Olympic Cellar’s Nouveau wine. Kathy Charlton, motivated by findings of a recent climate and landscape study, hopes that more growers will join her in planting wine grapes on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The study concluded that cool-climate viticulture is a viable option for the Olympic Peninsula. Charlton, owner and manager of Olympic Cellars in Port Angeles, spearheaded the $15,000 study. She helped raise funds for the study from the community, which included the City of Port Angeles, the Economic Development Council of Clallam County, and numerous businesses […]