Wine

Seasonality

Planting: January - March
Fermenting: August - January
Growing: March - September
Bottling: February - May
Pruning: June - September
Harvesting: August - November

Celebrating—All Year Long

Wine Events

Taste WA Seattle: April 16-18, 2004. Annual wine and food pairing event featuring more events, wineries and restaurants than ever before.

Taste WA Spokane: June 13, 2004. Enjoy food and wine pairings from many Washington wineries and restaurants. Educational wine seminars, art displays and an auction will add to the festivities.

Recipes

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Producers

Click the names below to meet our wine producers

Meet Bill
Meet Dave
Meet Joy

Fun Facts/Did You Know

• Washington averages 17.4 hours of sunlight per day, about 2 hours more than California's prime growing region.
• Washington is the nation's second largest producer of premium wines

Production Statistics

Quality, diversity, value, innovation, spirit, homegrown and community describe the Washington state wine industry. The wine industry, a $2.4 billion industry, is made up of more than 240 wineries, 300 wine grape growers and 29,000 vineyard acres. Production of Washington wines has more than doubled over the past decade making wine grapes the state's fourth largest fruit crop.

Food Safety

Please don't drink and drive.

Contact

Washington Wine Commission
93 Pike #315
Seattle WA 98101-4050
(206) 667-9463
Fax: (206) 583-0573
kabello@washingtonwine.org
www.washingtonwine.org