The Vinea sustainable wine grape program, launched three years ago by a group of Walla Walla Valley growers and vintners, is collaborating with an Oregon program to offer the first international certification program for Washington State wine grape growers. Vinea now represents more than 70 percent of the grape acreage in the Walla Walla Valley, which equals about 900 acres and 25 wineries. It teamed up last year with Oregon’s Low Input Viticulture and Enology program, known as LIVE. The collaboration gives Vinea a way to be certified through the International Organization of Biological Controls and receive international recognition. The […]