View this email in your browser Dear Friends, You don’t need to love Hollywood to appreciate how celebrity duo Ashton and Mila (Kunis) Kutcher are raising funds with their new Quarantine Pinot noir. Made in Dundee by Battle Creek Cellars winemaker Sarah Cabot, the wine will begin shipping in May. Media coverage for Oregon wine [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, It's easy sometimes to forget the power in a simple gesture of heartfelt kindness. You may have heard OWB Board Chair Bob Morus drove from Hood River to Woodinville, WA, this past weekend with 42 cases of his Phelps Creek wine to donate to The Herbfarm’s Seattle [...]
View this email in your browser NEWS FOR APRIL 14, 2020 COVID-19 Updates Marketing Research Education Calls for Wine Other News Upcoming Events LETTER FROM KAI MCMURTRY Hi Friends, I’m writing from my home “office” and I suspect you’re reading from yours. As we collectively await our new normal I’ve been buoyed by beautiful [...]
View this email in your browser INTERNATIONAL MARKETING NEWSLETTER APRIL 13, 2020 International Developments Recap of Activities Event Updates Other News INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS As the global situation around the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change daily, it has created a lot of uncertainty among U.S. exporters. This uncertainty has translated to a significant number of leading [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, As businesses adapt to today’s temporary commercial restrictions, the OWB is consolidating resources crowdsourced from our community to deal with immediate circumstances while also developing new programs to prepare for the emerging opportunities to come. OWB’s educational priorities reflect a more expansive outlook during this global [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, Please check in and view new material in the OWB's COVID-19 Oregon Wine Industry Toolkit. With many in the industry facing tight deadlines for decisions and expressing increasing interest in the federal government’s emergency financial aid, additions to the Financial Assistance and Business Resources section of the [...]
View this email in your browser NEWS FOR MARCH 31, 2020 COVID-19 Updates Marketing Research Education Calls for Wine Other News Upcoming Events LETTER FROM JESS WILLEY Hi everyone, I hope this finds you and your families faring as well as may be expected during these strange and uncertain times. Like you, we here at [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, I’ll open with an important reminder to please ask anyone in your network who is not already receiving Oregon Wine Board notices to sign up here so we can add their contact details to our files. Keeping informed and making thoughtful decisions are especially critical to the success [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, I’ll open this second installment in OWB’s series of Special Alert bulletins with a reminder to view the Oregon Wine Board’s COVID-19 toolkit, which is packed with an assortment of resources and informational materials to address many of the most frequently asked questions. A special [...]
View this email in your browser Dear Friends, With historic announcements coming almost every day about new virus-related social practices and policy actions, the Oregon Wine Board managers and Directors have been focused on ways in which we can offer the most useful advice and support. The game changed quickly and dramatically yesterday when our [...]