Washington state enjoys record wine grape harvest
Washington state enjoys record wine grape harvest
Feb 6, 2011 6
KENNEWICK -- Despite a year when weather rarely cooperated, the Washington wine industry still enjoyed a record harvest in 2010. Washington crushed 160,000 tons of wine grapes, up from 156,000 tons in 2009 -- a 2.5 percent increase, according to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The state has more than doubled its wine grape production in 12 years.The leading variety in Washington is riesling, which accounted for 33,500 tons. That is up from 32,100 tons the previous year. For the first time, cabernet sauvignon was No. 2, with 31,900 tons, up from 27,600 tons the year before.
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