Fieldma’am Joan Johnson talks with Tom Garrison during the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers’s summer tour. In the 30 years since the wine industry began to flourish in the Pacific Northwest, growers have become knowledgeable and quality-oriented, but many still turn to independent vineyard consultants for advice on everything from irrigation to canopy management. “A really smart farmer is out in his vineyard, he’s watching over the crop, he’s talking to his crew leader, he’s talking to the crew and asking what they’re seeing out in the field,” says Joan Johnson, an independent consultant. “But the bottom line is […]