Tag: Oregon Wine Board
Afternoon Brief, February 11th
Big Is Beautiful for California’s 2021 Grape Harvest: Alarm bells are ringing for Sauvignon Blanc lovers as supply gets tight – but Cabernet is booming...
Afternoon Brief, January 25th
One of the World's Largest Wine Industry Events Begins in Sacramento—With No Wine Tastings: One of the largest wine industry trade shows in the world began Tuesday in Sacramento. But a key feature of the festivities will be largely missing: wine tasting...
Two New Reports Show Oregon Wines Continue to Shine
“Boom continues,” reads 2021 Direct to Consumer Wine Shipping Report, with Oregon Wine enjoying 12.9% year-over-year increase in volume and 18.7% increase in value of...
Afternoon Brief, January 4th
Sonoma County Winemaking Club Hit with COVID Outbreak: By the time Dec. 11 rolled around, the Garage Enologists of Sonoma County were a bit starved for normalcy. The well-established amateur winemaking club had conducted most of its monthly meetings via Zoom since the start of the pandemic...
Registration Is Open for the 2022 Oregon Wine Symposium
Wine education and networking opportunities abound with three days of information-packed virtual seminars on February 15-17, 2022
Portland, OR, January 4, 2022 - Ice storms and...
Quality and Diversity of Oregon Wines on Display in Wine Spectator...
Five Oregon wines in the top 40, and a first for Oregon Pinot gris are among the accolades given to Oregon winemakers from reviewers...
Afternoon Brief, September 9th
New Oregon Wine Industry Report Exposes Effects of COVID and 2020 Wildfires: While the majority of Oregon winemakers made wine from grapes from 2020, the year held challenges including a western U.S. weather phenomenon combined with naturally lower yields, wildfires and COVID-19-related labor shortages and restrictions...
Afternoon Brief, April 30th
Restaurant Revitalization Fund Registration Opens: In lieu of a convention this year, WSWA has launched their virtual Brand Battle Tournament—an ideal opportunity for craft, startup and small production wine, spirits, and low-alc/no-alc/mixer brands...
Oregon Wine Month Begins Saturday, May 1, 2021
Oregon Wine Month returns this May with four ways to celebrate our beloved wine industry
Portland, OR . . . April 30, 2021 – Although fifteen Oregon...
Afternoon Brief, February 23rd
Sonoma County Winery Event Permit Meeting Leaves Vintners Frustrated with Process: Last Thursday’s virtual forum organized by Sonoma County’s Permit Sonoma to ostensibly open up conversation about event permitting for wineries in Sonoma County, had over 200 stakeholders taking time out to participate, but many vintners felt it was a charade...
First Virtual Oregon Wine Symposium Honors Industry Excellence Award Winners
Nine key figures and two organizations recognized for contributions to the global success of Oregon wine, culminating with Lifetime Achievement awards given to Kevin and...
Afternoon Brief, February 10th
Preliminary 2020 Winegrape Crush Report is 3.404 Million Tons: The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2020 has been released...
Oregon’s Wine Industry Continued on Its Long-Term Growth Trajectory in 2019,...
Oregon wine grapes and wines support a $7.2 billion economic engine that’s grown 27% since 2016
PORTLAND, OR, February 10, 2021 — The economic contributions the wine industry makes to...
Afternoon Brief, February 3rd
Big Names, Big Bottles for Napa Auction: With its main fundraiser postponed by the pandemic, Napa Valley Vintners is running an online library auction starting next week that includes one of the most impressive group of Napa auction wines ever assembled...
Afternoon Brief, February 1st
Direct Shipping from Wineries to US Homes Hit New Highs in 2020, but Restrictive State Law Limits New Jersey to Nation’s Lowest Growth: No doubt spurred by pandemic-induced limits on travel, dining and shopping, shipments of wine direct from U.S. wineries to consumers in 2020 experienced the largest recorded single year growth ever — but New Jersey consumers barely participated, due to a needlessly restrictive state law...
