Upcoming Events

This Friday, May 10th, Chase Moore of Opulence Beverage Group will be at The Vine Post pouring wines from Salvestrin, The Cult, Brown Estate, Senses, and Bello Family Vineyards!$20/person, 5:30 - 7:00p.m

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Following Lineup:

• 2016 Brown Estates Beetlegeuse Sauvignon Blanc

• 2016 Bello Family Chardonnay

• 2016 Senses Pinot Noir

• 2016 Cult Cabernet Sauvignon

• 2015 Salvestrin Cabernet Sauvignon

Come in on Tuesday, May 14th, for a special Oregon wine tasting! Five wines for $15/person, 5:30 - 8 p.m.

April Showers Bring May Flowers...

But did you also know that May is Oregon Wine Month? This month, come in and explore the many wines Oregon has to offer! Not even a half a century ago, there were hardly any vineyards and fine Oregon wine didn't even exist. After prohibition, generations of winedrinkers were lost. California took the lead but a new breed of winemaking pioneers headed north to Oregon. Richard Sommer of Hillcrest Vineyards is considered the father of the Oregon wine industry. When Richard was studying agronomy at UC Davis he was told that it was too cold and wet for vinifera to flourish in Oregon but Richard did what he wanted to do. People thought he was crazy for doing it! The same year that Richard had founded Hillcrest Vineyards, David Lett (Eyrie Vineyards) was graduating from the University of Utah where he studied philosophy and pre-med. He traveled to San Francisco to apply for dental school and when he was there, he went to Napa Valley and caught wine fever. He was so fascinated by the wines of Napa Valley that he told his parents that he wanted to become a winemaker and so he enrolled in viticulture at UC Davis. While he was there he discovered Pinot Noir and fell in love with its elegance. He looked at potential sites where Pinot Noir may flourish and had went to Europe for research. He had discovered that Pinot Noir produces the finest fruit when the grapes struggle to ripen in a difficult climate. He returned home and made the decision that Willamette Valley in western Oregon would be the perfect spot. In 1979, there was a wine olympics event in Paris and the Eyrie Vineyards 1975 Pinot Noir came in 2nd to a 1959 Joseph Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny. This put the spotlight on Oregon wines and thankfully, the pioneers of the 1960s and 70s determined to grow in Oregon had produced wines of outstanding quality and opened many doors for the new winemaking generation of today.