Washington State Wine Industry

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This paper reviews the competitive forces of the wine industry apparent in Washington State. According to this paper, Washington State is a major source of wine for the domestic and foreign markets, with wine regions that include six federally recognized American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). The paper also compares the area with that of the great French wine regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy.

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"California gets more attention as a wine producer, but Washington State is also a major source of wine for the domestic and foreign markets. The Washington area offers several key elements that serve as competitive advantages for the Washington wine industry. First, Washington is located on approximately the same latitude as the great French wine regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. Washington wine regions also include six federally recognized American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). These regions experience a variety of climates and soils, and combined with the long summer sunlight hours of northern latitudes, this fact creates prime growing regions, most of them found in the valleys and on the hillsides of areas east of the Cascade Mountains."

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