• Bledsoe, McDaniels buy Hope Well Vineyard in Oregon’s Eola-Amity Hills
• Oregon wine harvest fell by 29% in 2020, but growth continues
• Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon
• Hat Ranch Winery tops Idaho Wine Competition with Cabernet Franc from Lewis-Clark Valley
• Central Oregon Winegrowers schedule summer summit
• Avennia purchases vineyard, tasting room on Red Mountain
• Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year
• Washington Wine Industry Foundation awards 6 of its 7 scholarships to women
• Kiona, Barnard Griffin toast 40th Red Mountain harvest with fundraiser Cab
• Pandemic prompts Red Mountain wineries to postpone consumer weekend

All posts by John Stang

About John Stang

John Stang is a longtime journalist who covers Washington state politics. He lives in the Seattle area.

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  Wine industry advocates applaud 2-year trim in federal excise tax

  While it is up to individual wineries on how they deal with reduced federal excise taxes, industry leaders expect those savings to be reinvested in their operations. Changes in the

  • Posted January 19, 2018
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  Olympia gives Washington wineries more tasting rooms

  OLYMPIA, Wash. – A bill awaits Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature to increase the number of allowable off-site tasting rooms per winery from two to four under a domestic winery license

  • Posted April 22, 2017
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  Most Washington wineries won’t need new wastewater permits

  OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state’s proposed winery wastewater permit system is expected to be applied to only 19 percent of the state’s wineries. That figure comes from Tuesday’s release of

  • Posted April 12, 2017
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  State working on winery wastewater permit system

  OLYMPIA, Wash. – Many questions are being tackled as the Washington state Department of Ecology puts together a permit system for discharging wastewater from wineries. Preliminary answers will likely be

  • Posted March 31, 2017
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  6 bills for Washington wineries alive in state Legislature

  OLYMPIA, Wash. — It appears that Washington wineries are on their way to being able to operate as many as four tasting rooms. However, prospects look grim for a proposed

  • Posted March 16, 2017
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  Tax relief bill for small Washington wineries moves along

  OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is in motion to make small Washington wineries exempt from paying the Evergreen State’s wine tax. Senate Bill 5427 by Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake,

  • Posted February 16, 2017
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  Bill in Olympia would ease laws on alcohol at movies

  OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is going through the Washington state Senate to allow more movie theaters to serve wine and other alcoholic beverages. Bill 5161 by Sen. Karen Keiser,

  • Posted January 26, 2017
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  State legislators hear Washington wine will be ‘bigger than wheat’

  OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state’s wine industry painted a rosy economic picture to the Washington State Senate Commerce, Labor & Sports Committee last week. “You’re telling me that that wine

  • Posted January 23, 2017
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  Lawmakers weigh 4th tasting room for Washington wineries

  OLYMPIA, Wash. — There’s no opposition so far in Olympia after a state Legislature hearing to expand the number of allowable off-site wine tasting rooms in Washington state. The same

  • Posted January 19, 2017
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  Climate change presents possibilities, challenges for Washington wine industry

  Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part report on the influence of climate change and how it might affect the Washington wine industry. There are an estimated 80

  • Posted October 24, 2016
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