The Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival Announces The 2011 Line-up!
14 New Jury-Selected Wineries Join 37 Alumni and 14 Food Partners For
A Taste of Artisan Oregon
Portland, Ore. (April 12, 2011) - The seventh annual Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival (PIWFF) has released the list of wines that will be poured on Saturday, May 14th. In the spirit of this year’s special theme, An Indie Winemaker Review, guests will be treated to wines from 37 festival alumni and 14 newly selected Oregon winemakers, all complemented by bites from 14 top Portland chefs and artisan producers.
“We designed this festival to be a launching pad for boutique wineries, and this year that mission really comes to life,” says founder Lisa Donoughe. “It’s a truly unique year, as newly selected wineries will pour alongside Indie alumni – basically, some whose success has made them too big for our standard annual festival,” adds Donoughe, referring to the 2,500 case limit for a winery to be considered for the festival.
PIWFF will be held in an urban warehouse space near downtown, and set up similar to a farmers market. For $75 guests receive a crystal Indie Wine & Food Festival glass, enjoy unlimited samples of all of the wines and food, and can then purchase their favorite, often hard-to-find, wines directly from the winemaker. The wine is not the only focus though… PIWFF features some of the city’s most talked about restaurants, like Nostrana, Clyde Common, St. Jack and Metrovino, all hand-selected to bring Portland’s cutting edge culinary trends to life.
The award-winning festival draws a groundswell of local food and drink lovers, as well as attracts wine connoisseurs from around the world, for an experience that’s both educational and pure fun. The festival will be held Saturday, May 14th from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Bison Building in inner Northeast Portland.
And now…the featured line-up is:
New Wineries Include:
AlexEli Vineyard & Winery
Bjornson Vineyard
Brigadoon Wine Company
Colene Clemens Vineyards
Dion Vineyard
Helioterra Wines
Merrill Cellars
Pamplin Family Winery
Seven Bridges Winery
TERO Estates
Trinity Vineyards
Tyee Wine Cellars
Utopia Vineyard
White Rose Estate
Alumni Wineries Include:
Anam Cara Cellars
Angel Vine Wine
Apolloni Vineyards
ArborBrook Vineyards
Artisanal Wine Cellars
Barking Frog Winery
Big Table Farm Wine
Blakeslee Vineyard Estate
Capitello Wines
Carlton Hill Wine Company
Coeur de Terre Vineyard
Dukes Family Vineyards
Durant Vineyards
Emerson Vineyards
Et Fille Wines
Folin Cellars
Genius Loci / Lundeen Wines
Grochau Cellars
J. Scott Cellars
Johan Vineyards
Kandarian Wine Cellars
Le Cadeau Vineyard
Lenné Estate
Luminous Hills Vineyard / Seven of Hearts Wine
Lumos Wine Company
Madrone Mountain Vineyard
Matello Wine
Pudding River Wine Cellars
Quady North
Ribera Vineyards
RR Winery
Seufert Winery
Stag Hollow Wines
Thistle Wines
VIDON Vineyards
Wahle Vineyards & Cellars
Youngberg Hill Vineyards
Click here to learn what wines will be poured (all 176 of them).
As of today, restaurant and food partners include:
Beaker & Flask
Biwa Restaurant
Caffé Vita Coffee Roasting Co.
Clyde Common
FoodShed Co.
Irving Street Kitchen
Joel Palmer House
Metrovino
Moonstruck Chocolate Co.
Ned Ludd
Nostrana
Simpatica Catering & Dining Hall
St. Jack
The Country Cat Dinner House & Bar
Tickets are now on sale and may be purchased online at www.indiewinefestival.com/tickets. General admission is $75 with tasting times from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. and VIP admission is $125 with tasting times from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. For more information, please visit www.indiewinefestival.com or call (503) 595-0891.
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Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival
The Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival was the 2007 recipient of Travel Portland’s President’s Award and is held each year in May. The 2011 Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival is co-produced by Watershed Communications and Flint Design Co. For more information visit www.indiewinefestival.com
