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Great Northwest Wine – Walla Walla Community College Hires Idaho Winemaker Martin Fujishin As Program Director

May 2, 2024

Martin Fujishin, one of the Snake River Valley’s top winemakers and a sustainably minded grapegrower, has been hired as the director of enology and viticulture at Walla Walla Community College.

Fujishin, 45, will be the ninth executive director in the program’s 24-year history. He starts June 3 on the Tausick Way campus and home to College Cellars of Walla Walla.

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Boise State Public Radio – Idaho Matters – Have questions about cider? You’ll want to ask Idaho’s first pommelier.

March 7, 2024

Everyone knows if you’re looking for advice on wine, you’ll want to ask a sommelier, but if you’re wondering about cider, that’s a job for a pommelier.

Now, if you’re not familiar with this term, you’re not alone. There are only 97 certified pommeliers in the United States, and now, thanks to Molly Leadbetter, Idaho is home to one of them.