This fall, the new Washington State University Department of Viticulture and Enology will welcome its first chair, associate professor of viticulture Jean Dodson Peterson. Jean Dodson Peterson The new V&E department was approved earlier this year, building on a bachelor’s degree program established in 2020. The department is based at the university’s Tri-Cities campus at the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center. Dodson Peterson will take on the leadership role from wine scientist Thomas Henick-Kling, who served as program director since 2009, according to a news release from the university. “I’m excited for the new department to have […]