Washington wine producers can expect strong prices for red bulk wines for the next several years, Josh Maloney, winemaker with Wahluke Wine Company in Mattawa, Washington, said during a grower caucus last November. He attributes strengthening prices to smaller than expected wine grape crops in the last couple of years, along with increasing demand because of the entry of E. & W. Gallo into the Washington industry. Wahluke Wine Company is a bulk winery owned by Butch and Jerry Milbrandt. It is a separate company from ­Milbrandt Vineyards. It takes only about 10 to 15 percent of the ­Milbrandt grapes, […]