May is Oregon Wine Month, and the Oregon Wine Board is welcoming it in style with “Unwine’d”, a major event in Portland on Sunday, April 29^th.  More than 85 wineries and over a dozen restaurants will be showcasing extraordinary wine and food, casting a spotlight on the incredible breadth and depth of Oregon’s fertile, vibrant landscape.

Unwine’d is being held at Portland’s Left Bank Annex, from 3pm-6pm. Trade and Media early access is from 2pm-3pm.  Tickets are just $50 and can be purchased through the Oregon Wine Board’s website.

ConsciousWine is honored to have been invited and is especially proud to participate in Unwine’d, and to join our colleagues in celebrating not just the overall growth and success of Oregon’s wineries and farms, but specifically the growing and thriving community of organic and biodynamic farms and vineyards.

To demonstrate just how spectacular these wines are, ConsciousWine’s Jeffrey Weissler will be pouring at least two exceptional wines from Cowhorn Vineyards located in Jacksonville and Dominio IV located in McMinnville.

Don’t miss a chance to see Jeff Weissler in person, sharing and talking wine.  Jeff is an expert on wines made from organic, biodynamic grapes and a passionate advocate for what’s happening in Oregon.

Come to Unwine’d on April 29^th and say “hi”!

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The Wine Bloggers Conference wrapped up recently in Charlottesville, Virginia and I was very sad to not be able to attend this year’s conference. I was hoping to go and had voted for that destination as a location at the previous year’s conference. I followed friends who were there on Twitter and Facebook as best as I could. I was also following because Penticton, BC (in the Okanagan Valley) had been shortlisted to host the conference in 2012. Continue reading “Being Proud of Home” »

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I attended a conference in 2009, called “Growing Even Greener: Ecowinegrowing in California’s North Coast,” in Hopland, CA. The whole experience was an awe-filled mouthful. I’m excited to see the word sustainability taking on a big picture meaning that has lots of soul. Continue reading “A Panel of Grape Growers” »

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