Our Work for the Industry Benefits Every Winery in Washington
The Washington Wine Institute (WWI) is THE leading advocate for Washington wineries. For two decades, we have united the dynamic and diverse wineries across this state to ensure the collective strength of our industry’s voice is heard in Olympia.
Every legislative session, we work side by side with state lawmakers to shape legislative and regulatory policy decisions that impact the Washington wine industry. We strive to protect the industry’s needs, while promoting its tremendous growth and our work has delivered invaluable results for Washington wineries throughout the years.
As Washington wine laws are changing rapidly, it’s now more important than ever that
wineries stand united in Olympia! Learn more about our membership benefits
and join the hundreds of wineries that have chosen to have their voices heard!
On May 28, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a ruling (Ruling 2013-2) allowing for voluntary labeling of serving facts and nutritional information on alcohol beverage labels....
4.25.2013
WWI Session Update & Bills that Passed the Legislature - As we near the completion of the Regular Session of the 2013 Legislature, we are happy to report that the following bills survived the latest "cutoff" deadline and are either awaiting the Governor's signature or still working through the process...
4.24.2013
WWI Mid-Session Report - The 2013 Washington State Legislative Session has officially passed the halfway point! March 13th marked the highly anticipated "cut-off" deadline where all bills that failed to make it out of their House of Origin, except those necessary to implement the budget (NTIB) and/or tied to revenue were pronounced dead...
4.1.2013
On June 30th the terms of two wine producer members of the Washington State Wine Commission board will expire. One of the two producer positions must be filled by a winery making less than 25,000 gallons annually...
3.12.2013
WWI Works with the LCB to Support "Special Occasion" Wine Tasting Events!...
