Oregon's wine community was stunned on Nov. 5 when friend and winemaker Jesus Guillen passed away unexpectedly after losing a battle with cancer, leaving behind his wife, Yuliana, and 10-year-old son, Adrian. On Nov. 24, Winter's Hill Estate will host a one-day wine tasting and sale of Guillen Family Wines, at which all tasting fees [...]
We are gauging preliminary interest in participating in tasting trials for the 2019 Oregon Wine Symposium. This year, the format for these tastings consists of three trial tastings served on the second day of the Symposium only. These trials will be examples selected by a committee for what might best fit one topic for each [...]
Make your plans for Japan, London, ProWein and Toronto OWB's international marketing team has opened registration for the 2019 slate of events around the globe. Tasting events will be held in Osaka, Tokyo, London and Toronto, and we'll be returning to ProWein in Düsseldorf as well. If you export to these markets or are interested [...]
Registration is open for the 2019 Oregon Wine Symposium, happening Feb. 12-13, 2019 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Your All-Access Ticket includes so much more than world-class educational content: Full access to two full days of seminars, lectures and panel discussions - more than 25 sessions in all to choose from covering pressing [...]
A Message from the Oregon Pinot Camp Organizers: Dear Oregon Pinot Noir Producer, Planning for Oregon Pinot Camp (OPC) 2019 is underway. The dates for OPC 2019 are Saturday, June 22 - Tuesday, June 25, 2019. OPC continues to be one of the finest educational and promotional trade events in the world attracting top wine buyers [...]
Decanter magazine is offering regional promotional organizations a discounted subscription (-20%) to Decanter Premium, their new digital subscription. Decanter Premium offers exclusive content, less advertising and other benefits like early access to some of their top events. Decanter Premium is offered monthly for $12/month or annually for $100. Monthly: $9.60 /month Annually: $80 /year Members of the [...]
Travel Oregon produces a strategic plan that guides their work with key initiatives and measurements—aligning staff, programs and investments around clear strategies to support the tourism industry, Oregon's economy and visitor experiences. As they build their upcoming 2019-2021 Strategic plan, they're working to ensure Oregon’s tourism industry and industries impacted by tourism have ample opportunities to participate and engage [...]
The 2019 Oregon Chardonnay Celebration is set for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at The Allison Inn & Spa in Newberg. All wineries, regardless of previous participation, wishing to be considered for inclusion in the 2019 Oregon Chardonnay Celebration (OCC), must submit samples for a blind panel tasting comprised of retailers, sommeliers and winemakers. Wineries may [...]
The Trail Leads to New York City in 2019 Save the date for this and other growth opportunities coming next year Following on the success of our first Oregon Wine Trail event in Los Angeles in April, the OWB team is excited to announce that our next domestic market for this event [...]
Grace and Ken Evenstad, founding owners of Domaine Serene Winery in the Dundee Hills, have pledged up to $500,000 for a critical new research project specific to Oregon and designed by OSU and USDA research scientists. The initiative focuses on the ever-increasing threat of grapevine red blotch virus and will bring together a new multi-disciplinary [...]