As the second largest wine-grape-growing area in the country, we’re often proud to point out our accomplishments in terms of growth. In a decade, we’ve come a long way: We’ve grown to over 60,000 acres of grapes; we have several major grape-processing facilities and over 500 wineries. Our economic value is being measured as this goes to press, and we expect that we will nearly double the 2001 value of $2.4 billion. There are several new wine marketing and promotion groups created to build tourism for wineries. The Washington Wine Commission has increased assessments largely because of increased demand for […]