As the first year of the Washington wine industry’s amplified research program is now behind us, it’s important to look back at what we accomplished and more importantly — how to move forward from here. A Washington Sate University study on wildfire smoke on wine grapes in 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower file photo) In short, we accomplished a lot, even more than I envisioned when I began the role as the first research program manager for the Washington State Wine Commission. Much of this initial progress is due to the well-defined goals of the Strategic Research Plan for the […]