For its domestic focus on Summer Wines, Wine & Spirits is now accepting Sparkling wines for its August 2021 issue. The deadline to receive Oregon Sparkling wines is by Friday April 16, 2021. They ask that you please not ship to the office as the staff is working and tasting remotely. Wine & Spirits requires [...]
You may remember the call for wines last March which resulted in two beautiful articles in Vinous; Oregon Pinot Noir: The Winning Streak Continues and Oregon Outside the Pinot Noir Box. Reviewer Josh Raynolds is again calling for wines and asks for winemakers to send samples to reach him by Monday March 15. Please drop in [...]
For its domestic focus on Riesling, Wine & Spirits is now accepting Riesling for its August 2021 issue. The window is open from March 1, 2021 until March 19, 2021 and they ask that winemakers use the online form to submit wines. Once you have submitted your form, you will receive a confirmation email with a [...]
The 2021 PR Outreach Plan will work to keep Oregon wine top of mind in seeding stories to press.. This plan supports these pillars of our strategy: Enhancing the Reputation of Oregon Wine: We support this with positive story generation to press, gathering thoughts and ideas from winemakers and pushing out story-starters in our electronic [...]
Paul Gregutt has sent a reminder to all Oregon wineries that he is currently reviewing new releases for the upcoming Spring 2021 issues of Wine Enthusiast. You'll note a handful of Oregon's wineries are mentioned in this article, 10 Vineyards Behind the World’s Most Famous Wines, published January 25. Deadline is March 2, 2021. If you [...]
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING: To share ideas with fellow regions (i.e. what’s worked and doesn’t work) that may be helpful to other regions in Oregon, thereby strengthening the statewide wine industry as a whole To meet once or twice yearly and provide a face-to-face forum to discuss high-priority topics To help regions on making [...]
Wine & Spirits October 2020 Wine & Spirits is now accepting Syrah and Rhône-Style blends for its February 2021 issue with a submission window open until October 9, 2020, and again from Oct. 12-30, 2020, according to its submissions calendar. The feature is called Warming Winter Reds. Please following the new tasting protocol [...]
The 2021 McMinnville Wine & Food Classic Wine Competition is now open for wine entries. Held January 9th, 2021, for the first time in 28 years all wineries producing Oregon wines are invited to enter this annual competition. The 15-person judges' panel will include returning wine writers including Michael Alberty, The Oregonian, Eric Degerman of [...]
Many people are asking about the fires and the impact on wineries. It is devastating, and it's important to remember the fires are a larger scope of issues outside the Oregon wine industry and are similarly affecting a wide range of farm crops up and down the US west coast, Washington to California. It is too [...]
From Kristin Ackerman Bacon, Sip Magazine publisher: I know harvest is upon us and you’re probably busy getting ready for that, but who couldn’t use a little extra recognition these days? As you might have seen in our recent announcement that this year due to the restrictions with Covid and public gatherings we will be [...]