Research WA Wine Pt 2
Tuesday May 11th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. For the fifth straight year, the Washington State Wine Commission has awarded more than a million dollars for grape and wine research.
The Wine Commission’s Research Director Melissa Hansen says much of the funding is directed to programs at WSU and state Community Colleges, but some is used for collaborative projects with out of state schools …
HANSEN … “We now have a mechanism where we can fund one project where they’re both co-principal investigators.”
Hansen says it takes careful planning …
HANSEN … “And you just really have to be efficient with your research dollars and you don’t want to be duplicating anything. And so, there’s a lot of incentive for the various states to really work together.”