Scharlau joins grape board Vicky Scharlau, executive director of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers, has been elected to the board of the National Grape Clean Plant Network to succeed Tedd Wildman, owner of Stone Tree Vineyard near Mattawa, Washington. The National Clean Plant Network was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to protect specialty crops—including grapes, nuts, apples, and peaches—by creating standards for clean plant programs to prevent the spread of pests and diseases. Each commodity group within the network has its own national governing board. The grape board has 22 members from throughout the country who […]