The 9th annual North Willamette Vintners Wine Trail offers you a host of rich and diverse winery experiences accompanied by food and wine pairings. You can choose to watch noir while sipping Pinot Noir, stitch together cuttings to graft a vine, toast an oak stave and smell the complex aromas released, and blend wines from single barrels to create your own unique cuvée. . . all in your first day of this spectacular two-day wine trail.
Your Wine Trail Kit includes a custom wine glass to commemorate the event, as well as a lanyard, both of which serve as your entry ticket. Upon completion of each experience, you will receive a unique button associated with that winery’s activity.
Designated drivers, thank you for ensuring safe and sober passage. Your ticket enables you to participate in all events, nosh on appetizers, and receive four universal complimentary wine tastings for future use at participating North Willamette Valley wineries.
Participating wineries include:
A Blooming Hill Vinyards
Apolloni Vinyards
Ardiri Winery and Vineyard
Blizzard Wines
David Hill Vineyards and Winery
DIon Vineyard
Elk Cove Vineyards
Fullerton Wines
Gresser Vineyard at Elk Cove Vineyards
Helvetia Vineyards and Winery
Kramer Vineyards
Montinore Estate
Oak Knoll Winery
Plum Hill Vineyards
Provincial Vineyard at One Horse Tavern
Risdall Ranch Vineyards
Ruby Vineyards
Sake One
Tualatin Estate Vineyards
Weekend activities offered:
A Blooming Hill Vineyard
Activity: Port Manteau pairing activity
Wines: Riesling, Pinot Noir, Port
Pairings: Sweets
Apolloni Vineyards
Activity: Get your sparkle on—sparkling wine education and sparkling wine cocktail demos
Wines: Sparkling Rosé, Sparkling Blanc de Noir, Moscato Frizzante
Pairings: Shrimp cocktail
Ardiri Winery and Vineyard
Activity: Taste and learn how to pair chocolates with your favorite wine
Wines: Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Gris
Pairings: Handcrafted chocolates by Smitten Truffles
Blizzard Wines
Activity: Over the top—learn about closures, and participate in corking and waxing bottles
Wines: Riesling, Syrah, Wedding Blend
Pairings: Wood fire pizza (for purchase)
David Hill Vineyard & Winery
Activity: To filter or not to filter—taste three wines using different filtration methods
Wines: Pinot Noir
Pairings: Spring fare
Dion Vineyard
Activity: Decisions, decisions—Assess the effect of pick dates on two Pinot Gris wines
Wines: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Pairings: Cheese
Elk Cove Vineyards and Gresser Vineyards Pouring at Elk Cove Vineyards
Activity: Explore the difference between the winemaker’s influence and the vintage’s impact
Elk Cove Wines: Rosé
Gresser Wines: Pinot Noir, Syrah, Rosé
Pairings: Cheese and hors d’oevres
Fullerton Wines
Activity: Oak and Fire—barrel education and stave toasting activity
Wines: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Pairings: Toasted almonds, breads
Helvetia Vineyards
Wines: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Activity:Â More than just the makings of a delightful meal, Columbia River salmon and Willamette Valley pinot noir are hallmarks of our region, signifying the abundance and richness that our waters and soils engender. Chef Dave Clark joins us to help explore the many forms in which these natural gifts are prepared and combined to provide nourishment and enhance community that is uniquely Pacific Northwest.
Activity: Bounty of our lands and waters
Kramer Vineyards
Activity: Game of clones
Wines: Pinot Noir
Montinore Estate
Activity: Sensory evaluation—test yourself
Wines: Rosé, Borealis, Pinot Noir
Pairings: Local charcuterie and cheese
Oak Knoll Winery
Activity: New Heights—what is a vertical? Taste and see
Wines: Pinot Noir
Pairings: Meats, cheeses, and chocolate
Plum Hill Vineyards
Activity: Ready, set, grow—graft your own grape vine to take home
Wines: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Pairings: Meat, cheese, chocolate
Provincial Vineyards @ One Horse Tavern
Activity: Small-crop vs Large-crop—the impact on Pinot Noir
Wines: Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Gris
Pairings: Laughing Cow burger bites (for purchase)
Risdall Ranch
Activity: Mix it up—Pinot Noir blending trials
Wines: Pinot Noir
Pairings: Cheese pairings
Ruby Vineyard
Activity: Pigs and Pinot pairing activity
Wines: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Pairings: Olympia Provisions ham and salami
SakéOne
Activity: Sneak peak—Tour Oregon’s only saké brewery: 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm daily
Sake: Ginjo, Nigori, Junmai
Pairings: Avocado crème spinach dip
Tualatin Estate Vineyards
Activity: Noir Weekend—watch noir, drink noir
Wines: Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Pairings: Popcorn pairings
