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How do Oregon's Willamette
Valley Pinot Noir and Riesling planted over
ancient marine sediments compare with those grown over
basalts laid down millions of years ago by some of the most
highly effusive eruptions in the world? How did the
Great Missoula Floods at the end of the last ice age alter the landscape that is now home
to some of the finest vineyards in the world?
The luscious core of sweet, textural fruit, natural acid
balance and power of select North Willamette Valley wines is
a testament to the affinity Pinot Noir and Riesling grapes
have for the region and
its dramatic geological history.
You are sure to expand your
palate and your understanding of the relationship between
the geology and the world-renowned wines of this area when
you join this full-day, harvest-time tour in Oregon's North
Willamette Valley. Susan O'Hara, founder of WinesNorthwest,
Professor Scott
Burns, PSU Geology Department and Oregon terroir expert, and
Rick Thompson, author
of
Giga Flood: The Lake Missoula Flood in NW Oregon & SW
Washington and expert on local Missoula Floods
evidence, will be your guides. Three Pinot Noir
and Riesling producers are set to welcome you to their wineries and vineyards:
Ken Wright Cellars,
Elk Cove Vineyards, and
Trisaetum Winery.
Each stop features a special vineyard tour or talk and
guided, comparative wine tastings with
winery principles. (All tasting fees included in your
wine-tour fee.)
INCLUDED WITH
YOUR TOUR
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Full-day interpretive,
guided tour during harvest season in the Ribbon Ridge
and Yamhill-Carlton sub appellations of Oregon's North Willamette
Valley wine country;
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Air-conditioned,
biodiesel-powered tour bus supplied by locally owned
Blue Star Transportation;
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Touring with geology and
terroir experts throughout the North Willamette Valley;
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Pinot Noir vineyard tour
and terroir report at Elk Cove's Roosevelt Vineyard;
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Meet and talk with
winemaking and viticulture staff of three award-winning
Willamette Valley wineries;
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Guided comparative wine
tasting with winery principles;
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Learn how to taste for
parent rock material;
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All tasting fees included
in your wine tour fee;
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Lunch with a view; boxed
picnic lunches at Elk Cove Vineyards;
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"Rock Matters" bag of
relevant information & wine-country maps;
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Cool storage area
provided
on tour bus for your purchased wines;
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Free
Pre-Tour Missoula Floods lecture night before tour.
Date & Time:
Sunday, October 12, 2014;
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Tour bus departs from The Grand
Hotel at Bridgeport, 7265 SW Hazel Fern Road, Tigard,
Oregon, 9:00 a.m. sharp. (See
tour map and itinerary.)
Transportation:
Sustainably powered, air conditioned, 28-passenger tour bus.
Service provided by Blue Star Transportation, a locally
owned and operated business with more than 30 years of
experience.
Cost:
Early registration for one (on or before September 21) = $250.00
Early registration for additional
participants - $225.00 each
Full registration for one (after September 21) = $275.00
Wine Industry Trade discounts may
apply. Call 360-254-3021
for details.
Participants
limited to 24:
Register early to avoid disappointment.
Tour Map
and Itinerary
Make a Weekend of It
Free Pre-Tour Missoula
Floods Lecture
Between 15,000 and 18,000
years ago, a series of cataclysmic floods, known as the
Missoula Floods,
crashed through the Pacific Northwest,
reaching heights of up to 400 feet where Portland lies today,
and carved out the landscape of the Columbia Gorge and
Willamette Valley.
WinesNorthwest and our
lodging partner The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport present a
pre-tour lecture by author and floods expert
Rick Thompson
on Saturday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. "In the Wake of the
Missoula Floods... today's evidence of cataclysmic events in
Northwest Oregon" will be illustrated by a Power Point
presentation to accompany Thompson's remarks. The
program will close with a question and answer period.
Free lecture is open to the public.
Date & Time:
Saturday, October 11,
2014, 7:00 p.m.
Location:
The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport
7265 SW Hazel Fern Road
Tigard, OR 97224
866-968-5757 or 503-968-5757
Make a
Weekend of it
If you would like to create
a special weekend getaway around your wine tour, you can take
advantage of special Geological Wine Tour rates offered by our
lodging partner
The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport. Just call and
mention you want to reserve a room in the group block set
aside for the "Wines Northwest Tours" group and you
will be given special lodging discounts for reservations
that fall on any dates between October 10th and October
13th.
Call: 866-968-5757 or 503-968-5757
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