Chas Nagel

Gordon Hill Selected as Legends Winemaker Gordon Hill, longtime Washington enologist and, currently, winemaker with Milbrandt Vineyards Winery, was selected as winemaker for the 2010 Legends of Washington Wine event. The Legends event, scheduled for August 28 at WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, annually honors an inductee into the Washington Wine […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Chas W. Nagel, a Washington State University scientist who helped teach Washington how to make and taste premium wines, died here Thursday, July 5. He was 80. “Chas Nagel, Walter Clore and Ray Folwell were the pioneers of Washington State University’s work in catalyzing the wine industry in Washington,” said Dan Bernardo, […]