Melissa Hansen, Washington State Wine Commission research program director, serves as a liaison between the industry and viticulture and enology researchers.
“We believe that we have a world-class wine region here,” Hansen said of Washington state. “And to have a world-class wine region, it should be supported by a world-class research program. We’re getting that at Washington State University, where we have a state-of-the-art facility and internationally recognized researchers. We just need to grow our research program.”
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