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March 2025
WAVEx Webinar – Soil Health Insights
WAVE is the Washington wine industry's signature research seminar/webinar and stands for Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology. WAVEx seminars/webinars feature research in a condensed format. Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Time: 12:30 PM Pacific Time Registration here. Description This webinar dives into insights learned thus far from the Long-term Agroecological Research and Extension wine grape vineyard planted in Prosser through the Washington Soil Health Inititiative. Dr. Devin Rippner, USDA-Agricutlural Research Service soil scientist manages the vineyard site. He…
Find out more »April 2025
WAVE Seminar / Ravenholt Lecture Series
2025 WAVE: Sustainability in Action This year’s WAVE (Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology) combines two events into one—the annual WAVE research seminar and WSU’s Ravenholt Lecture series. A day for education, celebration and connecting, WAVE highlights sustainable research efforts and solutions to winery and vineyard challenges, market trends of wine eco-labels, research poster displays, keynote WSU Ravenholt Lecture, and celebration of the Sustainable WA certification program leaders. When: April 23, 2025 – 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Where: WSU TriCities,…
Find out more »May 2025
WAVEx Webinar – Tannins
WAVE is the Washington wine industry's signature research seminar/webinar and stands for Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology. WAVEx seminars/webinars feature research in a condensed format. When: May 14, 2025 Time: 12:30 PM Pacific Register here. This webinar shares learnings from joint research of Dr. Andy Waterhouse, emeritus wine chemist of the University of California, Davis, and Dr. Jim Harbertson, enologist at Washington State University, that explored better understanding condensed tannins of red wine.
Find out more »2025 Viticulture Intern Boot Camp
Description This all-day workshop is targeted to provide a baseline level of knowledge to company interns specializing in activities or training related to Washington State viticulture. The idea is to train interns in: 1) What Happens Throughout a WA Growing Season, 2) Pest and Disease Scouting, 3) Cold Damage and Yield Estimation, 4) Nutrient Disorder Identification and Understanding Fertilizers, and 5) General Internship Planning and Organization. Participants will have both in-class and in-vineyard experiences, and will also begin to develop…
Find out more »July 2025
2025 Viticulture Field Day
Save the Date! More information coming in June 2025.
Find out more »November 2025
Washington State Grape Society Annual Meeting
Save the date! More details in September / October 2025. Information will also be available on the Grape Society Website.
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