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  • July 2009 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Big plans for WSU viticulture

    Viticulture director sees need for more extension work.

    Dr. Thomas Henick-Kling tasted wines produced from Puget Sound appellation grapes during a visit to Washington State University’s Northwest Research and Extension Center in Mt. Vernon. On the job only a few months, Dr. Thomas Henick-Kling already has big plans for Washington State University’s viticulture and enology program. The Good Fruit Grower interviewed Henick-Kling in May to learn his initial impressions of the state’s wine industry and goals for the program. Since coming to Washington from Australia in early March, Henick-Kling has rarely been in his office at WSU’s Tri-Cities campus in Richland. He’s been busy traversing the state and […]

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