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Portland Indie Wine Festival

Posted Thursday, April 9th, 2009, By: Katie

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The Portland Indie Wine Festival Turns Five on MAY 2nd
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Oregon’s most intimate wine experience features two new events, Producers Dinner and Wine Warehouse Sale
The Portland Indie Wine Festival (PIWF) is Portland’s premier wine weekend showcasing Oregon’s top artisanal winemakers. This year the festival has added a Producers Dinner and Wine Warehouse Sale, giving wine lovers two new opportunities to meet the winemakers and take home hard to find wines. At this award-winning festival, guests taste the first release of the year from 40 impossible-to-find Oregon producers while Portland’s best chefs serve up local fare.

Producers Dinner - The PIWF weekend kicks off on Friday, May 1st with a Producers Dinner, a special fundraising event to celebrate five years building a community of Oregon’s top craft winemakers and the newly formed Indie Wine Foundation – a non-profit devoted to sustaining the art of craft winemaking. The Producers Dinner will feature a five-course menu crafted by Ten 01’s new Executive Chef Benjamin Parks, alongside rare releases from the Indie Wine Festival’s cellar. Original Indie winemakers like Jason Lett of Black Cap and Eyrie Vineyards will join the event.  Tickets are $150/person and can be purchased at www.indiewinefestival.com/tickets.

A copy of the menu for the dinner follows below:

Poached quail eggs
Local sweet peas, dry pecorino, guanciale

2007 Anam Cara Riesling, Chehalem Mountain

Polpetini en brodo
Parmesan broth, pork meatballs, root vegetables

2006 Black Cap, chardonnay, Dundee Hills
2004 Stoller, chardonnay, Dundee Hills

Lavender-honey duck breast
Cannellini beans, grilled asparagus

2006 Roots Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
2006 Matello Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

Roasted grass fed new york steak
Olive oil potatoes, roasted shallots, lacinato kale
Choron sauce

2005 Dalla Vina Syrah, Columbia Valley
2005 Dominio Syrah, old man looking east, Columbia Gorge

French Apple Tart
Almond Frangipane, Vanilla Ice Cream


Grand Tasting - On Saturday, May 2nd 40 craft wineries will gather for the Grand Tasting in the NW Industrial District to uncork their labors of the love and pour out their passion for wine-loving consumers. The wineries pouring during the Grand Tasting were selected by an expert tasting panel comprised of nationally acclaimed members of the media, wine buyers and seasoned winemakers. To complete the wine tasting, a dozen top local restaurants and food purveyors such as Biwa, The Country Cat, Marché and Whole Foods will share the stage, serving up small plates and appetizers to pair with the featured wines.

Wine Warehouse Sale - In addition to the Grand Tasting, the first PIWF Wine Warehouse Sale will be taking place at the same location and open only to PIWF ticket holders. The Warehouse Sale is a recession-focused sales event open only to featured Indie Winemakers from 2005 through 2009. At the Wine Winehouse Sale, Indie Wine Festival attendees will have the chance to buy these wines for up to 20% off retail prices.


WHEN:
Friday, May 1st, 2009: Producers Dinner
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009: Grand Tasting, Wine Warehouse Sale
1 p.m. – 6 p.m. for VIP Admission
2 p.m. – 6 p.m. for General Admission

WHERE:
Producers Dinner:
Ten 01
1001 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR 97209

Grand Tasting and Wine Warehouse Sale:
Portland Wine Project
2621 NW 30th Ave.
Portland, OR 97210

HOW:
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at: https://www.indiewinefestival.com/tickets

Producers Dinner: $150/person
Grand Tasting: VIP admission tickets: $125 and general admission tickets: $75
WHY:
This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to enjoy Oregon’s small production wines– the Portland Indie Wine Festival is the only chance to discover Oregon’s undiscovered.

~ Follow Indie Online ~

WEBSITE: http://indiewinefestival.com/
FLICKR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/indiewinefestival
BLOG: http://indiewinefestival.wordpress.com
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/indiewinefest


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