The Washington Wine Institute, the industry’s advocacy arm, has undergone major changes in the last few months. The institute is now administered separately from the Washington Wine Commission, a new executive director has been hired, and the institute’s headquarters have been moved from Seattle to Olympia. The changes were prompted by dramatic growth in the state’s wine industry, said Marty Clubb, owner of L’Ecole No. 41 winery in Walla Walla and president of the Washington Wine Institute board. In 1984, when the institute was formed, there were fewer than 20 wineries in Washington State. Today, there are more than 500, […]