grapevines

When Lynn Mills moved to the Pacific Northwest to work at WSU IAREC in the 1980s, she thought it might be a brief stop in her career trajectory. As she retires four decades later, Mills is grateful for meaningful learning experiences and a community that feels like family.

Smart Vine: Grapevines Adapt to Changing Water Supply Years of intense research in the arid wine-grape growing region of eastern Washington has taught growers how plants react to various irrigation regimes. Water is such a valuable resource its known as “blue gold,” so this research has been a vital component of growers’ success in producing […]