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More than 150 restaurants across Oregon and beyond are celebrating Oregon Wine Month throughout May with Oregon wine flights, specials and pairings. What's more, we've partnered with OpenTable to make finding and reserving your spot easy. To see all 150+ restaurants, what they're offering and to book your table, click below. Here's a taste of what [...]Read More
You know GuildSomm, right? They're a nonprofit international membership organization for sommeliers and wine professionals that promotes education, collaboration, and healthy debate. Or more succinctly, GuildSomm is the world's premier sommelier organization. President Geoff Kruth spent time in Oregon recently to produce a ten minute video featuring an [...]Read More
To develop a taste profile of a region, soil type or style you could visit dozens of wineries one at a time… or you could join one of the many collaborative tastings throughout May and easily explore a variety of producers. Penner-Ash Wine Cellars by Carolyn Wells-Kramer To celebrate Oregon Wine Month in May, ten winery groups are collaborating on grand [...]Read More
So it goes: so much wine, so little time. Fortunately there are collaborative tastings that offer many producers pouring many bottles under one roof. Collaborative tastings not only expose you to many new wines efficiently, but they're also a unique opportunity to explore the character of a specific region or style. Three collaborative tastings are [...]Read More
The Forbes Magazine article Bubbles Along The Willamette: Oregon's Sparkling Wine Renaissance is like a metaphorical popping of the cork for Oregon's burgeoning sparkling wine industry. Author Joe Micallef, himself a domestic sparkling wine judge and a Champagne judge Europe, proclaims the Willamette Valley to be in the midst of a sparkling wine [...]Read More
Tempranillo grapevines have been growing in Oregon soil for more than two decades. Outside our borders Tempranillo is the fourth-most planted variety in the world. Your opportunity to taste Oregonian expressions of the classic Rioja grape from 24 producers is almost here. Join the Oregon Tempranillo Celebration's Grand Tasting on January 21 from 1-4 p.m. for [...]Read More
Program recognizes restaurants that feature a diversity of Oregon wines, varieties and regions The votes have been cast, the results have been tallied, and City Winery Restaurant Group has emerged the winner of the 2018 Oregon Wine A-List Wine Program of the Year. The Wine Program of the Year winner sets a standard of excellence for an Oregon wine restaurant [...]Read More
Tucked away in Southern Oregon's serene Applegate Valley, Bill and Barbara Steele have accomplished something that hasn’t yet been done in the wine world. As well as offering outstanding Rhône varietals such as Viognier, Marsanne, and deep reds like Syrahs and Grenache, their Cowhorn Vineyard and Garden tasting room has achieved the first ever Living Building [...]Read More
The Oregon wine industry has a long history of giving back, community support and collaborative growth. Collectively, the industry donates more than $11 million annually to charitable causes, and as the industry grows, so does the support. A pioneer in the Ribbon Ridge AVA, Chehalem Winery was founded in the early 1980s to craft elegant Pinot noir and [...]Read More
