Both the Olsen Brothers and the Andrews family are among Washington State’s wine industry pioneers, planting their first wine grape vineyards in 1980. In addition to physical changes made to their newer vineyards, they now pay close attention to the health status of plant material. “I’m more worried and concerned about where we get our wood from now than in the past,” said Rob Andrews, who grows grapes in the Horse Heaven Hills. “Now that we know we have grapevine leafroll virus in the state, there’s more focus on getting clean plant material and testing better. Thirty years ago, we […]