wine industry

Oregon State University is using science to block even a smudge of wildfire flavors in prime Northwest wines

The massive Northwest wine beast – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates – is dropping major fruit.

Picture this: A sunny spring day drinking wine by sleek steel fire pits on a patio overlooking the budding vines on Red Mountain in southeast Washington.…

The federal government has designated the Royal Slope as Washington state’s newest American Viticultural Area, or AVA.To qualify as an AVA, a wine…

Many Northwest wine tastings for groups are done over Zoom nowadays. Here at Fidélitas in southeast Washington, winemaker and owner Charlie Hoppes…

Several years ago, Union Wine Company of Tualatin, Oregon, put some wine in cans for a food festival. It was such a hit, says owner Ryan Harms, he decided…

East of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon, it’s been about five to 10 degrees warmer than normal for most of the winter. Those unusually warm…

October's California wine country wildfires damaged more than 30 wineries. Now, the Northwest wine industry and wine drinkers are stepping up to with…

Washington state is proposing changes to how winery wastewater is handled. And that could mean consumers are in for some “bottle shock” when their…

Wine scientists and grape growers will converge in the Tri-Cities, Washington, next week to talk about how to produce high-quality wine when the climate…