Topic: Wine
Ted Baseler (b. 1954) grew up in Bellevue, graduated in communications from Washington State University and earned a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois. Starting out ...
Wade Wolfe (b. 1949) is one of Washington’s wine pioneers, with vast expertise in viticulture and winemaking. He arrived in the Yakima Valley in 1978 with a PhD in grape genetics from the U...
John Williams (b. 1937) and Scott Williams (b. 1958) are the father-son team behind Kiona Vineyards, the pioneer winery on Red Mountain, near Benton City. John was a Hanford engineer in 1972 when he a...
Growing grapes (viticulture) -- and making wine from them (enology) -- are each a fine blend of both art and science. Yet they are activities that for most of mankind’s history has been self-tau...
Along with apples, wine grapes were the first cultivated fruits in the Pacific Northwest. Initially planted here in 1827, both apples and grapes were cherished by pioneering settlers, but whereas...
Wade Wolfe (b. 1949) is a pioneer viticulturalist and winemaker who played a key role in developing vineyard strategies suited to Washington’s unique growing conditions. Widely known as "Dr. Wol...