The research needs of Washington State’s wine industry are being explored by an industry-wide taskforce, organized by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. “The unprecedented expansion of the Washington wine industry in the past decade had created opportunities as well as challenges,” stated Paul Champoux in a letter addressed to the wine industry. Champoux, chair of the grower group, grows wine grapes near Paterson. “The critical area we have not addressed in nearly a decade is research funding,” Champoux said, adding that the industry is in a position now to address a shortfall in research funds. Viticulture and enology […]