Sensory Classroom, Washington State University, Richland The focus of this seminar will be on managing grapevine viral diseases for healthy vineyards, their economic impact on long-term vineyard health, wine quality and what’s needed to successfully manage viruses in the future. Lunch will include a comparison tasting of research wines made from virus-infected vines and healthy
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Tickets are officially on sale for the most delicious event of the year! Enjoy four days chock-full of some of the best wine and food Washington State has to offer. Sip exclusive pours from world-class vintners, eat gourmet bites from some of the nation’s most-talented chefs and even partake in private food and farm tours
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The Lake Chelan Wine Alliance is teaming up with WSU and the Wine Commission to bring WAVEx to north central Washington. The morning program, designed for growers, will share recent research on grape powdery mildew resistance and new sprayer technologies, with the goal of helping growers optimize spray programs. The afternoon session “Dealing with Funky
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WAVE, Washington’s signature research event, will feature in-depth research findings and conclude with a wine social. Vineyard topics include an assessment of new sprayer technologies, fine-tuning irrigation strategies, and managing vineyard salinity issues. Winery topics are managing Brettanomyces in the winery, what have we learned about smoke taint, and managing tannins in the winery. WAVE
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The agenda for the April 13, 2018 board meeting will be posted on the Washington State Wine Commission's website by the afternoon of Friday, April 6. This will be an extended meeting and will be held from 9 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Per the Open Public Meetings Act, this meeting is open to the public.

Please join the Washington Wine Institute on May 3rd from 10 am to 11 am for our upcoming webinar featuring Tony Lane, FedEx's Washington State wine industry Account Executive, for a presentation on temperature control shipping as well as direct to consumer and common carrier compliance for domestic shipping. The webinar will include a discussion
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Please join us for our West-side Annual Membership Meeting in Woodinville June 11th,  2018.

Please join us for our East-side Annual Membership Meeting in June.

The agenda for the June 22, 2018 board meeting will be posted on the Washington State Wine Commission's website by the afternoon of Friday, June 15. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Per the Open Public Meetings Act, this meeting is open to the public.

Registration is open for WAVEx, a condensed version of the popular research seminar called Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology (WAVE). The half-day session on July 11, 2018, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville is sponsored by the Washington State Wine Commission, Washington State University and Woodinville Wine Country. The WAVEx-Woodinville
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