Washington State University viticulture professor Markus Keller recently returned from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, or BOKU) in Vienna, Austria, where he served as an invited visiting professor during December.
Dr. Bo Li, a cherry physiologist at the Shandong Institute of Pomology in China, has joined the grape research team at the Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser on January 5.
Water scarcity – one of the toughest challenges predicted for the 21st century – is being addressed by Washington State University. As part of a multistate research program, WSU is among 19 land-grant universities honored recently for their efforts to help farmers irrigate their land more efficiently, especially during droughts and water shortages
EVERETT, Wash. — The mild climate of the Puget Sound AVA (American Viticultural Area) favors production of delicate wine grape varieties such as Madeleine Angevine, Siegerebbe, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. In addition to location winemakers know that excellent wine begins with carefully tended vines.
EVERETT, Wash. — According to the Puget Sound Wine Growers Association, conditions in the region are ideal for growing delicate vinifera wine grape varieties and more vineyards are being planted all the time.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – With an eye toward bolstering the long-term success of many of its customers, Northwest Farm Credit Services has invested $500,000 in Washington State University’s wine and tree fruit research and education programs.
EVERETT, Wash. — The Puget Sound region was first recognized as a unique American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 1995. Applying the Puget Sound AVA to a bottle of wine means at least 85 percent of the grapes used were grown in the Puget Sound region between Olympia and the Canadian border. With the increasing number […]
Gary Grove, Washington State University professor of plant pathology, will receive the American Phytopathological Society Excellence in Extension Award. Grove will be recognized at a special ceremony during the annual meeting of the APS in Nashville, Tenn. in August.
PROSSER, Wash. — Washington State University now features the largest experimental, non-commercial winemaking facility in the Pacific Northwest. The research winery, which is located at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, has a production capacity of about 5,000 gallons. The new facility was designed by enologists James Harbertson and Kerry Ringer, […]