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Washington

The state in the far north-west of the USA with the capital Olympia covers around 184,700 km². It was settled primarily by German, Scandinavian and British immigrants from the 1830s onwards. Washington became the 42nd state to join the Union in 1889. The landscape is diverse and ranges from the Pacific coast to the fertile Puget Sound region and the forested Cascade Mountains to the drier plateaus in the east. Washington borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, Canada to the north, Idaho to the east and Oregon to the south.

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History

Viticulture in Washington developed comparatively late. Although the first attempts were made with vines in the 19th century, cultivation did not reach a larger scale until the middle of the 20th century. After the Second World War (1939-1945), a targeted effort was made to develop suitable sites inland.

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