Oregon Wine Country Trip

Make Ready For Oregon!

The dates for our Oregon Wine Country trip are July 20 – 22, 2017.  As mentioned in an earlier notification, the bus will leave the Portland airport as soon as we get luggage loaded at about 12:40PM.  If you arrive by other means and you intend to be on the bus, please arrive prior to our 12:40pm departure.

Travel is on your own.  Everyone has different schedules, flight points and vacation plans, so do what is best and most cost efficient for you.  The recommended flights are:

            The total cost for this event is only $1,300 per person based on double occupancy. Single occupancy rates are $1,450 per person.  There will be no neckties or blazers.  We must have a head count for the hotel by June 15th, so please send a $650.00 deposit to Denise Welch to reserve your spot. The remainder will be due by July 15, 2017.  

            Please look over the itinerary below to see what we have planned for you on this trip.  (Times are approximate).

Thursday, July 20th

12:30pm          Bus picks us up at Portland Airport

1:15-1:30pm    Lunch at Tina’s Bistro (they were great on the last trip!)

3:00pm            Four Graces Winery (out of the way gem - recently purchased by the Foley Wine Interests)

4:00-4:30pm    ROCO Winery (another rare find, excellent wines!)

5:30-6:00pm    Check in to the (5-star Ritz Carlton) Red Lion Inn in McMinnville, Oregon

7:00pm            Dinner at Bistro Maison in McMinnville

Friday, July 21st

9:30am            Archery Summit for a tasting

11:00am          Domaine Serne

1:00pm            Stoller Winery for a tasting and light lunch

2:30-3:00pm    Back to hotel to wine down

6:30-7:00pm    Couer de Terre Winery and dinner catered by Harvest Fresh Caterers of McMinnville

Saturday, July 22nd

10:00am          Maison Roy wine tasting – great find by Bill Bivin

11:00-11:30     Private tasting at Chehalem. It is their annual members only tasting with light food for lunch. They are letting us participate as special guests. If you are a Chehalem member, let me know, you and a guest can attend at no charge.

1:00-2:00pm    Back to Portland for a free afternoon to explore Portland. Check into the Hotel Lucia, a member of the Provenance Hotel group in Downtown Portland

7:00pm            Dinner at the Headwaters Restaurant at the Heathman Hotel (walking distance from the Hotel Lucia). Executive Chef Vitaly Paley has promised us an exciting dinner for our final evening. Chef Paley is a James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Northwest and was Portland Monthly’s 2012 Chef of the Year.

Sunday, July 23rd

                        Check out of hotel and begin your journey home.

I hope you can make it.

Cheers,

Chuck Jacobus