Blog Posts matching EVENT:Summer Vineyard Hikes! Monday, May 10th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Ready to see the Dundee Hills firsthand? Join Sokol Blosser Winery for our Summer Vineyard Hikes, where we will travel the hillsides and enjoy the view from the heart of Oregon wine country. Visit our Cattail block of Pinot Gris vines at the base of our vineyard at 200’ and hike up to our Blackberry block of Pinot Noir at 600’. Along the way, check out some of the first vines planted in Oregon, learn about soil types, see newly planted vines, and discover the history of the Oregon wine industry. Enjoy a catered picnic lunch, sample wines in our vineyard, and taste locally made olive oils at Red Ridge Farms! Dates still available are: June 12th, 19th, 26th July 10th, 24th, 31st Aug 7th, 14th, 21st, 31st These are vigorous hikes, so please come prepared with appropriate footwear. Hikes begin at 10am and end at approximately 2pm. Cost is $35 ($25 for Club Members), and attendance is limited to a small group. Please contact Jeff Knapp, Cellar Club Manager, at [mailto "cellarclub@sokolblosser.com"]cellarclub@sokolblosser.com[/mailto] or 503-565-2300 to reserve your spot!
A group of hikers relax with a picnic lunch after their trip through the vineyard! 
Click Here to ReTweet This! Come One, Come All - 20th Annual Memorial Weekend Summer Kickoff! Friday, May 28th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
You’re invited! We're kicking off summer May 29-31 from 10am to 4pm each day. Come taste newly released estate wines, enjoy a delicious picnic lunch from Phresh Organic Catering (at additional cost), and groove to fun and funky music. Come rain or shine, because we'll be under the Big Tent! And don't forget the 20% case discounts! $15 tasting fee includes tastes of our current releases. Cellar Club members get in free and can bring three guests. See you there!
Michael Brown discusses Sokol Blosser wines with visiting Cellar Club members.
The team from Phresh Organic Catering is gearing up for lunch!
Let's hope the weather this weekend will be as sunny and beautiful as it was in 2009 (above). Good thing we have the Big Tent, so we can have just as much fun while staying dry!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Rockstar Stella Thursday, June 10th 2010 by
Michael Kelly Brown, Director of Consumer Sales and Brand Ambassador to Canada
Check out our own Meditrina red wine blend making a delicious appearance at Rockstar Stella, a benefit concert that took place last weekend in Portland, Oregon!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Alison Sokol Blosser at Aspen Food & Wine Classic Monday, June 21st 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Alison Sokol Blosser just returned from one of our favorite events - the Aspen Food & Wine Classic! See Alison's journey at this fabulous multi-day yearly event in the pictures below. Cheers!
Alison shows off Sokol Blosser wines during one of the tastings.
Beautiful Aspen blue skies!
Enjoying wine on the rooftop.
Alison and friend Nichelle - enjoying the beautiful weather!
Getting ready for the Oregon media picnic. Yum!
David Lane, Alison Sokol Blosser, Jay Schuppert (president of Cuvaison), Jo Terlato, John Terlato, Bryan Del Bondio (president of Markham) and Steve Fennel (winemaker at Sanford). Cheers!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Oregon Pinot Camp Weekend Monday, July 5th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
This holiday weekend has been amazing – and just enough time to recover from all the fun, food, great wine and general shenanigans that went on last weekend at Oregon Pinot Camp! We love OPC – the invitation-only, exclusive, trade and hospitality only weekend when attendees can run loose in Oregon wine country having a great time and learning what makes this beautiful wine region stand out. All of us at Sokol Blosser were incredibly excited to host the opening welcome event here at the Winery. The walk-through vineyard was transformed as we hosted 200 campers and visitors for a fabulous evening of Oregon wine tasting and delicious food. And that was only the beginning of the weekend… see below for more fun photos of the weekend! To all of our new friends from OPC – thank you for everything, and cheers!  Sokol Blosser is transformed to host all of our OPC campers.
 Alex and Alison Sokol Blosser welcome guests to Sokol Blosser.
 Friend Casey Brogon gives a big thumbs up to the Salmon Bake Dinner!
 Alex Sokol Blosser enjoys some rare vintage wines at the Dundee Hills Vault tasting.
 Winemaker’s Huddle at the Dundee Hills Vault tasting: Veronique Drouhin of Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Don Lange of Lange, of Anna Matingzer of Archery Summit, Jason Lett of Eyrie Vineyards, and Russ Rosner of Sokol Blosser Winery.
Click Here to ReTweet This! #PinotNoir Twitter Tasting Tuesday, July 6th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Sokol Blosser Winery is excited to be a part of #PinotNoir - a Twitter celebration of the world's most expressive yet persnickety wine grape with a competition between favorite Pinot-producing regions! DATE: July 15, 2010
TIME: 5-7 PM PACIFIC - 8-10 PM EASTERN RSVP: http://pinotnoir.eventbrite.com This event is FREE and all you need to participate is wine and Twitter (to create a Twitter profile of your own, visit www.twitter.com). Simply let us know your thoughts in a 140 character Tweet and add #PinotNoir. But, wait! There's a twist... what region makes the best Pinot you've ever tasted? To vote via your tweets simply add another 2-character hashtag after #PinotNoir and we'll count the votes so that region gets bragging rights for the night! Some notables: #WV - Willamette Valley, Oregon
#NV - Napa Valley, CA #RR - Russian River Valley, CA #CN - Carneros, CA #SB - Santa Barbara, CA #SN - Sonoma Coast, CA #MN - Mendocino, CA #SC - Santa Cruz, CA #SLH - Santa Lucia Highlands #BU - Burgundy, FR #NZ - New Zealand #xx - Add your own! For example, if you are drinking a Pinot from Willamette Valley, simply tag the end of your tweets with: #PinotNoir #WV If you’re drinking a Pinot Noir from Sokol Blosser, be sure to let us know by adding @sokolblosser to your Tweet! See you online!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Wine Dinner at Park Kitchen Thursday, July 8th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
 Join Alison Sokol Blosser at a fun and decadant 4 course wine dinner at Park Kitchen in the Pearl District!
Dinner is $60 per person and includes food, wine and gratuity. To make your reservations, please call Park Kitchen at 503-223-7275. MENU:
AMUSE Crostini of duck liver, bacon, and fava beans paired with 2008 Sokol Blosser Pinot Gris SMALL PLATE Compressed peaches, green beans, amaranth and sunflower seeds paired with 2009 Sokol Blosser Rose of Pinot Noir LARGE PLATE Hay braised lamb, long cooked summer beans and cherries paired with 2007 Sokol Blosser Estate Pinot Noir and 2007 Sokol Blosser Dundee Hills Pinot Noir DESSERT Chocolate and lavender semifreddo with apricot sauce paired with 2009 Sokol Blosser White Riesling
Click Here to ReTweet This! 3rd Annual Grape 'n Grill BBQ - This Saturday! Tuesday, July 13 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Ready for some old fashioned good times this summer? Bring your 10-gallon hat and join the Sokol Blosser family for summer fun, complimentary handmade gourmet popsicles from Portland’s Sol Pops, BBQ fare from Phresh Organic Catering, and of course, wine tasting! We're also happy to welcome the GTM String Band who will be providing us with some excellent live tunes the whole day.
The good times will roll from 11am-4pm on Saturday, July 17. We’ll look forward to seeing you there!  
Click Here to ReTweet This! Summer Vineyard Hike! Thursday, July 15th 2010 by
Jeff Knapp, Hospitality Manager
Last Saturday we met for another amazing day in the vineyard. I got here at the crack of dawn and traveled throughout the vineyard stashing glassware and bottles of wine. By 10am, I had gathered the group of Cellar Club members and guests to spend the first part of the day hiking our estate.
Along the 3 mile trek, we enjoyed conversations about organic farming, Oregon wine history, wine making, geology and all sorts of other fun topics. We tasted 2008 Sokol Blosser Pinot Gris, 2009 Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2007 Big Tree Pinot Noir and several other selections. After a stop at Red Ridge Farms where we took part in an Olive Oil tasting and the annual Lavender Festival, we headed back down the hills for a gourmet, family-style lunch. All in all, a perfect, Oregon Summer day.
Thank you to Cellar Club members Pamela & Gerald McAllister for these great photos from the hike!
   
Click Here to ReTweet This! BBBQ (the extra B is for blog!) Thursday, July 22nd 2010 by
Jenny Mosbacher, Tasting Room Supervisor
Something that people probably wouldn’t guess about me on first glance is that I am a sucker for anything really cheesy (cheese itself is another blog post altogether). I have a (not-so) secret love for silly movies, karaoke, 80’s theme parties, velvet paintings of Elvis….you get the idea! I think this is why I get along so well with our cellar club manager, Jeff, who shares in my not-so-secret love for the cheesy stuff (he won me over in the first week I met him by dropping a really well-timed DeBarge reference). It’s also why the Grape & Grill BBQ is one of my favorite events of the year. He doesn’t just throw your average “sit around with a drink and a burger in your backyard” kind of barbeque. Instead, it’s a Western extravaganza replete with live bluegrass band and bales of hay. You heard me, bales of hay! Jeff really goes all out. I showed up to work Saturday morning to find him running around our courtyard putting the finishing touches on everything, donning a bandana and a western shirt. For solidarity with Jeff in all our western cheesiness, I had “borrowed” (read: taken without asking) a plaid shirt from my roommate and threw on my cowboy boots for good measure. I was excited that I got to pour at the Pinot Noir tent by the crush pad, because I had a perfect view of the whole courtyard, including the GTM String Band, a bluegrass trio (of which one of the players is a Club member) rocking out some great classic folk numbers and a few bluegrassified modern tunes. The weather couldn’t have been better: high 70s and sunny, I started to wish we could have the tastings outside every nice weekend! With the wine and music flowing and the sun shining, everyone was in great spirits, staking out every available picnic table, chair, or bale for a seat. By the late afternoon, the whole courtyard was filled with people enjoying the wine, the tunes, and the delicious Carlton Farms barbecued pork from Phresh Organic Catering. Better yet, everyone was indulging in their cheesy side by wearing the complimentary bandanas we were handing out in various creative styles. To put the event over the top, Noah and his crew from SOL Pops in Portland were right there in the courtyard with us serving up amazing organic hand-crafted popsicles. Thankfully, they were kind enough to sweetly tolerate my many repeat visits to their charming blue popsicle cart so I could decide on which was the best flavor (my pick for the afternoon: Strawberry Basil). If it weren’t so much fun to chat with guests about our wines (the definite favorite of the day was our soon-to-be-sold-out 2009 Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir) I would have seriously considered a career change as a popsicle taste tester…
 The GTM String Band
 Ales Sokol Blosser and Noah from Sol Pops
 Kendra pours Meditrina for visitors
 Alison Sokol Blosser and friends
Click Here to ReTweet This! Cellar Club Harvest Party Monday, September 13 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Thanks to all of our Cellar Club members who attended our Cellar Club Harvest Party! The weather couldn't have been nicer for the event, which is one of our favorites all year. See below for some fun images from the festivities - cheers!
 Rio con Brio impressed an entire courtyard full of Club members with their grooves. Thanks guys!
 Club members chill out in the courtyard before dinner begins, enjoying the sunny evening.
 Melissa Griffin, one of our fabulous Tasting Room Associates, greets Club Members in the Winery before dinner starts.
 Chef Eric from Nick's Italian Café in McMinnville (a wine country standard for over 30 years!) prepares the family style dishes.
 Michael Kelly Brown, Direct Sales Manager, was our acting auctioneer for the evening's Live Charity Rare Wine Auction. The Auction featured rare Sokol Blosser library wines (including a 1988 Redland Pinot Noir and a 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon!) and benefitted the McMinnville Education Foundation (total proceeds topped $3,300!).
 The bidding gets heated - and a great time was had by all!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Benefit Event for Cascade AIDS Project Wednesday, October 20th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Join us at this complimentary event, featuring great food, Sokol Blosser wines, and a lot more! The event is free, but there are many opportunities to donate to the great work that CAP (Cascade AIDS Project) does in our community - we'll see you there!
Click Here to ReTweet This! 2008 Pinot Noir Release Party Friday, November 19th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Join us in our Barrel Cellar this Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm each day, for our biggest Pinot Noir tasting of the year! It will be your first opportunity to taste and purchase our entire 2008 line up of Pinot Noirs, including our 2008 Dundee Hills, 2008 Estate Cuveé, 2008 Big Tree, 2008 Peach Tree and 2008 Goosepen Pinot Noir - all of which scored 90-93 points in Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate. Cellar Club Members and up to three guests taste for free. Regular entry cost is $20.
We'll look forward to seeing you here!
For more information, please contact: Sokol Blosser Tasting Room info@sokolblosser.com 503-864-2282
Click Here to ReTweet This! $1 Off Thanksgiving Admission with Canned Food! Wednesday, November 24th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Click Here to ReTweet This! Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration! Monday, November 29th 2010 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Fun was had, photos were taken, and a lot of wine was enjoyed at our annual Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration! Thanks to everyone who visited us and brought their friends and family to Oregon wine country this last weekend. In case you weren't able to join us, below are a few pictures from the event (held in our Winery space)! Don't miss out on the holiday savings - check out our Holiday wine gift sets, specially priced for gift giving. Cheers!
 Our holiday lit Winery (just a week ago we were making wine in here)!
 Christina pours a full lineup of estate wines for guests.
 There's a lot of tasty treats under this tree!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Bend Cellar Club Event at The Loft Friday, January 28th 2011 by
Lee Medina, Western Brand Ambassador
Thanks to everyone who joined us at our special Cellar Club Happy Hour event in Bend, Oregon last night! It was a beautiful evening - we were even able to have the windows open at The Loft.
 With plenty of fabulous food and a generous amount of Sokol Blosser wine, a great evening was had by all - even some of our friends from local restaurants and wine shops were able to join in the good times.
Another big thanks to The Loft for opening their wonderful (and normally private!) space for us to welcome our Club members and guests. See you all again soon!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Upcoming Events Thursday, April 21st 2011 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Sokol Blosser is bouncing all over the United States over the next couple of months! Upcoming events across the nation include: Dallas, TX – Dallas Observer Iron Fork – April 27
Seattle, WA – Art of Dining Event – April 28 Portland, OR – IPNC Pinot Walkabout – May 1 Las Vegas, NV – Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appetit Magazine – May 5 Chicago, IL – Wine Spectator Grand Tour – May 12 Las Vegas, NV – Wine Spectator Grand Tour – May 14 Boston, MA – Wine Spectator Grand Tour – May 19 Paterson, NJ – Wine, Women & Shoes – May 23 New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Wine & Food Experience – May 24 Aspen, CO – Aspen Food & Wine Classic – June 17 And don’t forget the biggest event of the summer – our Annual Memorial Weekend Celebration here at the Winery, May 28-30 from 10am to 4pm each day! For more information on any of these events, please visit our Events page by clicking here. Cheers!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Wine Spectator Grand Tour Monday, May 16th 2011 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
Sokol Blosser was honored this year to be invited to attend the 2011 Wine Spectator Grand Tour with our 2008 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir (90 Pts from Wine Spectator)! We've just wrapped up events in Las Vegas and Chicago, and there is one more this Thursday, May 19 in Boston at Marriott Copely Place, 7-10pm. To learn more, please visit http://www.winespectator.com/micro/show/id/grandtour-intro.
Check out these fun pics featuring Jeff Knapp, Hospitality Manager, at the Las Vegas Grand Tour event this last weekend! Cheers!
 
Click Here to ReTweet This! 21st Annual Memorial Weekend Celebration! Friday, May 27th 2011 by
Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager
It's nearly here! Join us in our courtyard Saturday-Monday for a weekend of barrel tasting, fabulous wines, lively music and great grilled food by local favorite, the Rib Slayer! The Sokol Blosser family and staff will be here to welcome you and guide you through our delicious portfolio of current releases and hard to find gems - and don't forget barrel samples of our 2010 Pinot Noir, only available Memorial Day weekend!
Entry is $15 and includes barrel samples and wine tasting; entry is complimentary for Club members and up to 3 guest. We're open 10am-4pm each day (rain or shine - we'll be under the Big Tent!), and large groups are welcome - so bring your friends and be prepared to have a great time!
Click Here to ReTweet This! Jonah’s Just Begun Fundraiser Wednesday, August 17th 2011 by
Brooke Anthony, Sales Coordinator
Foundation to cure Sanfilippo On Sunday August 7th, I had the privilege to pour along with a lot of great local wineries for a charity to Cure Sanfilippo. The space in the Oak Groves at Stoller Vineyards was filled with tents and music. I poured Evolution for the afternoon, and the weather was perfect for it. My favorite question to ask is “ Have you tried Evolution before?” I enjoy having an opportunity to turn anyone onto Evolution, (or any Sokol Blosser wine really). It felt good to spend time with our neighbors and do something good for a good cause. Everybody seemed to have a nice time and we raised some money too!  
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