Columbia Valley Appellation Library

(news items and features of current interest regarding activity within the Columbia Valley appellation)

___, "Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris Surge Ahead" ( Corvallis Gazette-Times: Feb. 19, 2004 )

___, "State's seventh official wine-growing region approved" ( Puget Sound Business Journal: 07/26/05 )

___, "Recognition of grape-growing area adds to the state's wine repertoire" ( The Seattle Times: July 26, 2005 )

___, Rattlesnake Hills Recognized as Washington State's Ninth AVA" ( Business Wire 2006 : February 28, 2006 )

___, "Governor Signs Wine Shipments Bill" ( KOMO Staff & News Services: March 14, 2006 )

___, "Automated System Predicts Grape Yields " ( USDA - Agricultural Research Service: April 21, 2006 )

___, "New Wines of Washington Marketing and Promotion Agency Formed" ( PR Newswire Association : 04/25/2006 )

___, "Can Wine Be Organic?" ( Balanced Living Magazine )

___, "For nation's vintners, days of wine are rosy " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/18/2007 )

___, "New Winery Boom Spans North America " ( Wines & Vines: 01/22/2007 )

___, "Pacific Rim Established as Independent Winery by Randall Grahm " ( Business Wire 2007 : 03/21/2007 )

___, "Winemaking branches across nation " ( UNION-TRIBUNE : 09/17/2007 )

___, "Washington's vineyards break production records" ( The Seattle Times : 01/27/2008 )

___, "Winemakers head east to Yakima Valley" ( YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC: 02/11/2008 )

___, "Visionaries put Oregon on the winemaking map" ( The Statesman Journal: 05/21/2008 )

___, "Washington's Snipes Mountain AVA among oldest wine regions" ( Wine Press Northwest: 01/22/2009 )

___, "The Yakima Valley wine region is thriving with more to see and do" ( The Seattle Times Company: 03/29/2009 )

___, "Eastern Washington wine industry has come into its own" ( The Spokesman-Review: 05/03/2009 )

___, "Lake Chelan wine designation a big win for region’s commerce" ( The Wenatchee World: 05/18/2009 )

Heeger, Jack, "U.S.-European agreement will keep wine flowing across the Atlantic" ( Napa Valley Register: March 16, 2006 )

Kelly, Christina, "Betz Family Winery Feature" ( Avalon: Feb. 14, 2004 )

(a cumulative and permanent repository of writings which reflect the development of the Columbia Valley appellation as a distinct winegrowing region. Submission and selection criteria for placement of material in the Permanent Collection)

Adams, Leon D., THE WINES OF AMERICA, THIRD EDITION" ( McGraw-Hill: 1985 )

Cass, Bruce, et.al., THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE WINES OF NORTH AMERICA" ( Oxford University Press: 2000 )

Ensrud, Barbara, AMERICAN VINEYARDS" ( Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1988 )