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Washington wine
Washington wine
is
wine
produced from
grape varieties
grown in the
U.S. state
of
Washington
. Washington ranks second in the
United States
(behind
California
) in the production of wine. By 2011, the state had over of
vineyards
, a
harvest
of of grapes, and exports going to over 40 countries around the world from the 850+
wineries
located in the state. While there are some
viticultural
activities in the cooler, wetter
western half
of the state, the majority (99.9%) of wine grape production takes place in the
shrub-steppe
eastern half
. The
rain shadow
of the
Cascade Range
leaves the
Columbia River Basin
with around of annual rain fall, making
irrigation
and
water rights
of paramount interest to the Washington wine industry. Viticulture in the state is also influenced by long
sunlight
hours (on average, two more hours a day than in
California
during the
growing season
) and consistent temperatures.
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