Sample Oregon artisan foods and white, red and sparkling wines at first Oregon Wine Trail event in the U.S., to be held at The Line Hotel
PORTLAND, March 21, 2018 — Taste fine Oregon wines to your heart’s content when 50 Oregon winemakers descend on Los Angeles for Oregon Wine Trail, a one-day event on April 24 at The Line Hotel in Los Angeles. Hosted by the Oregon Wine Board, the event will feature artisan winemakers and their hand-crafted wines partnered with Oregon food companies that have gained a national following, including Olympia Provisions, Salt & Straw, Stumptown Coffee Roasters and more. Chefs Collaborative, a national nonprofit working with chefs to build a better food system, is the community partner for the event, and Los Angeles wine professionals and wine lovers will be treated to pours with many winemakers and growers on hand.
“LA is the perfect place to start spreading the love for the work done by our 725 winemakers in Oregon,” said Sally Murdoch, communications manager at the Oregon Wine Board. “This event will be an immersive Oregon experience and our hope is that LA’s wine enthusiasts will fall in love with what we’re making and pouring, then order them at their favorite restaurants and buy them at their local wine shops. Maybe even schedule a visit up on Oregon and see us first-hand, too.”
Oregon Wine Trail details:
Date: Tuesday, April 24
Location: The Line Hotel, Los Angeles, 3515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Schedule: 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. Trade and media walkaround tasting
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Consumer tasting event
Tickets: https://www.oregonwine.org/trail-trade/
During the trade tasting, Pacific Northwest-based Masters Bree Boskov MW and Chris Tanghe MS will lead these three educational pop-up sessions:
- 1:30 pm – Expressions of Oregon Pinot Gris
- 2:30 pm – Blind Tasting Oregon: MS and MW Exam Strategies
- 3:30 pm – Decoding Oregon Bubbles
The winemaking regions represented at the tasting events are Oregon’s Willamette Valley (including Portland wineries), Southern Oregon (Rogue and Umpqua Valleys) and Eastern Oregon (Columbia Gorge and Walla Walla Valley). The event is made possible through a Specialty Crop Block grant through the Oregon Department of Agriculture and USDA, which seeks to increase availability of Oregon wine by engaging trade gatekeepers and drive awareness of Oregon’s quality among fine wine consumers.
Participating Wineries:
Phelps Creek Vineyards
Cathedral Ridge Winery
Viola Wine Cellars
Foris Vineyards
Irvine & Roberts Vineyards
Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden
Abacela
Quady North
Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards
Trium Wines
Henry Estate Winery
Troon Vineyard
Brandborg Vineyard and Winery
Serra Vineyards
Chateau Bianca
J.K. Carriere
Coeur de Terre Vineyard
Sokol Blosser Winery
Crowley Wines
Van Duzer Vineyards
Le Cadeau Vineyard/Jolete Wines
Airlie Winery
Stoller Family Estate
A to Z Wineworks
Patton Valley Vineyard
Domaine Roy et fils
Iris Vineyards
Colene Clemens Vineyards
Brittan Vineyards
Ayres Vineyard and Winery
Winderlea Vineyard and Winery
Lange Estate Winery and Vineyards
Yamhill Valley Vineyards
Hazelfern Cellars
Cooper Mountain Vineyards
Quintet Cellars
Flaneur Wines
Dobbes Family Estate
Willakenzie Estate
Argyle Winery
Erath Winery
Alexana Winery
Citation Wines
Elk Cove Vineyards
Adelsheim Vineyard
Belle Pente Vineyard & Winery
Raptor Ridge
Left Coast Cellars
Battle Creek Cellars
Montinore Estate
Culinary Partners:
Olympia Provisions is an authentic and house-made charcuterie and meats company based in Portland, Oregon. In order to achieve a finished product that tastes as good as it possibly can, fastidious attention is paid to the details and only the best and freshest ingredients are used.
Salt & Straw Ice Cream is a family-run, ice cream company known for their taste provoking, imaginative ice cream creations. Every ice cream flavor is handmade in small five to ten gallon batches in local kitchens using only all natural cream from nearby farms and the best local, organic and sustainable ingredients.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters has been roasting heirloom coffee daily since 1999. They don’t buy in bulk on a trading floor. They buy directly from the people who are making the coffee. It’s not a transaction; it’s a partnership.
About the Oregon Wine Board:
The Oregon Wine Board is a semi-independent Oregon state agency managing marketing, research, and education initiatives that support and advance the Oregon wine and wine grape industry. The Board works on behalf of all Oregon wineries and independent growers throughout the state’s diverse winegrowing regions. To learn more, visit industry.oregonwine.org
