Ray Ethell, left, and OVS crop consultant Jeff Flake discuss the open-gable trellis system, on which grape clusters are more exposed for easier thinning and harvesting. There’s more to the Oregon viticulture industry these days than what ends up in a premium wine bottle. At a small nursery in the mid-Willamette Valley, a former Oregon State University small fruits technician is betting the farm that seedless table grapes can become a viable crop in western Oregon and Washington. Ray Ethell, owner-operator of Broadacres Nursery near Hubbard, began experimenting with table grapes in 2003 with a number of cultivars obtained from […]