Oregon's Wine Country adventurers will soon have a new resource when sipping their way through the Willamette Valley. Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVV) is launching an offshoot of the winery, the Willamette Valley Vineyards Wine Center, located in historic downtown McMinnville.

JACKSONVILLE, OR: The old Ashland High School gymnasium will be resurrected on agriculture land just east of the city for produce storage and possibly a custom-crush winemaking operation.

The Washington Wine Industry Foundation is offering four sets of scholarships totaling more than $13,000 for students interested in viticulture or enology. All scholarships must be postmarked by November 30.

Harvest delivers plentiful yields in Willamette Valley with near normal crop loads throughout rest of state; expectations for high quality wine abound

It may turn out to be a very good year for Oregon vineyards. Final numbers are still pending, but the state's vineyards are reporting good yields, volume and quality for 2009.

he wine grape harvest for Oregon is in, and though the numbers aren't final, growers said 2009 will be recorded as a good year. Growers this year reported very good yields, volume and quality, according to the National Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service.

We're in the heart of Washington wine country and Washington State University has made moves to ensure it is the premier educational institution in that industry.

Confronted by a three-year West Coast drought, grapegrowers and winemakers in Northern California and Oregon are taking emergency measures to reduce water use.

When it comes to wine production, Washington state still can't touch California, which produces 90 percent of all U.S. wine.

As winemakers, they compete for business, but by being close to each other in the Port of Walla Walla Industrial Park they also complement each other.

The port initially built three incubator wineries in 2006 to encourage the area's wine industry. Two years later, the port used state money to build two additional incubators.

Increasing production is an important part of Washington's wine industry making a bigger mark on the national and international wine scene

Port of Benton commissioners formally directed port staff earlier this week to begin developing a long-term land-lease agreement.

Berry growers concerned about spread of dread insect

When Washington winemakers and grape growers looked at the forecast for last weekend, they saw a hard frost heading their way and immediately ramped up harvesting efforts.

Two nights of freezing weather have wine grape growers in central Washington hustling to get their grapes harvested.

Northwest winemakers anticipate the 2009 harvest will buoy the fortunes of a region that already has reaped rewards from a tough economy by offering good-value wines.

As what appears to be a healthy harvest begins for Oregon's winegrowers, a nasty confluence of economic events threatens to pare back the state's $1 billion wine industry.

a small explosion of new Western Washington wine-grape growers appear to be capitalizing on small climate shifts that are reshaping the global wine-growing map.

Inside of two hours last Saturday, Pam and Dennis Dundas plus a flock of friends picked 3,700 pounds of grapes -- and not just any old fruit. These are the luscious Madeleine Angevine varietal, a German grape with a French name and the spine to thrive on the North Olympic Peninsula, of all places.