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Wine & Tourism
“Center of Yakima
Valley
Wine Industry”
Prosser is
the historic heart of Washington's first wine appellation
and home to Dr. Walter Clore, Washington States' wine pioneer.
He began growing European wine grape varieties in a small
experimental block in the late 1930's at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture and
Research Extension Center (IAREC). Dr. Clore convinced growers in the late ‘60’s,
early 70’s that vinifera wine grapes could be grown
successfully. By the time he retired in 1976 his work
blossomed to include over 312 varieties.
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Currently, Prosser is proud to claim to
be the home for over 35 wineries and has experienced a
250%
increase in new construction/expansion 2004-2007. There are
over 75 wineries within a 50-mile
radius, making Prosser the ideal home base to explore "Wine
Country". A large majority of the Prosser wineries are located
within and between two winery clusters, the Prosser Wine and Food Park,
I-82, Exit 82, and the Prosser Vintner's Village, located
near the I-82 Exit 80 Gap Road interchange. The parks and the two mile
corridor between them, house 17 wineries and the site of the
Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center.
When visiting Prosser, one may experience the quaint atmosphere of a
small boutique winery/tasting bar or choose to visit one of
the larger wineries that have also decided Prosser is the
“hottest” emerging wine country location in Washington
State and solidified it's ranking as one of the top 5
emerging wine investment regions in the US.
Our media page features news articles on Prosser and its'
wine industry growth.
Interested
in finding out about Northwest Wines?
Check out
Wine Yakima Valley
WA Wine Country
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