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Creative Pub Crawl - Athletic Supporters

Time	Friday, November 19 · 6:00pm - 11:30pm
Location	Downtown Salem
Created By	Ross Swartzendruber
More Info	Duck? Beaver? Bearcat? Banana Slug? Show your school spirit this month during the Creative Pub Crawl in downtown Salem. We'll be reveling with the #1 college football fans and other notable wannabe's as we visit seven bars and plan for the future of downtown. See you around 6p at Venti's Cafe and Basement Ba. Don't forget to vote for the Salem Pub Crawl as the best theme night on Salem Weekly! http://bestof.willamettelive.com/

 

Willamette Valley Wine Walk - July

It's all about sparkling wine during this month's event. We'll have wineries pouring in the Coffee House Cafe Backspace at 6:00 pm, then it's off to the BLIND WINE TASTING at a downtown condominium from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
After visiting a few more venues, we'll finish the evening at the FlipSide!

See you downtown!

Date:	Friday, July 30, 2010
Time:	6:00pm - 11:30pm
Location:	Downtown Salem
Street:	135 Liberty St NE
City/Town:	Salem, OR
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Willamette Valley Wine Walk - June

As seen on TV! That's right, on this month's wine walk, we'll be shooting a segment for Explore the Northwest, a locally-produced syndicated television show with hostess Dawn Holmstrom. This will be their first Salem show!

Here are more surprises for you at this month's event:

6:00 pm Pinot Noir tasting at Coffee House Cafe 135 Liberty St NE

Starting this summer, Coffee House Cafe will be add beer and wine to their menu and we're breaking it in with a wine tasting in the back room. Cubanisimo Vineyards, Methven Vineyards and Namaste Vineyards will be there with free tasting.

7:00 pm Pinot Noir BLIND WINE TASTING at Bishop Building Lofts 145 Liberty St NE

Join us upstairs from the Coffee House Cafe and experience downtown living.
Bring a bottle of your favorite local pinot noir and everyone will taste it and rank it from 1 to 10. The wine with the highest score wins a prize.

9:00 pm Allessandro's Ristorante and Galleria
This month we have a guided art tour of Allessandro's with Rebecca Maitland scheduled for our visit. As always, discounted wine and appetizer specials await the wine walkers.

10:00 pm Bentley's Grill
The manager and sommelier at Bentley's have been excellent hosts, offering complimentary tastes and delicious appetizer specials. Stop by and see what they have in store for us this month.

11:00 FlipSide!
Wear your dancing shoes!

See you downtown!

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Date:	Friday, June 11, 2010
Time:	6:00pm - 11:30pm
Location:	Downtown Salem
Street:	135 Liberty St NE
City/Town:	Salem, OR
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Hip Chicks Do Wine

Tickets for the popular Ladies Night event on May 8th are still available! This fun ladies-only party features a flight of wine, food and loads of shopping from exceptional local vendors. Bring your mom along for a fabulous and ultra-hip Mother's Day present!

 

Cost: $15 ($10 for Wine Club Members)

Date: Saturday, May 8

Time: 6 to 9pm

Featured Vendors:

Cocoa Velvet

Sophisticated Beads

Number Six Naturals

The National Beauty 

 

You can purchase tickets by calling the Portland winery at 503-234-3790.

 

To find out more about Hip Chicks Do Wine, you can visit their website at:  http://www.hipchicksdowine.com/

Queer Wine Tour

Sunday, May 30th from 10:30 a.m. to 5ish

3 Wineries - Beer and Wine served on the Bus!

Light snacks and lunch provided...

$35
Pre-registration requried

Please email Laura directly with questions and to reserve your spot!
euglove@gmail.com

Hurry - only 25 seats available and they are going quick!

We're going to shove off at 10:30 am and our first stop is Noble Estates Winery.
http://www.nobleestatevineyard.com/

They have been gracious to yet again open their doors to us for a private tasting session!

After that we'll head over to Sweet Cheeks to enjoy the live music and have a nice picnic.
http://www.sweetcheekswinery.com/

And we'll wrap up at Hinman Vineyards!
http://www.silvanridge.com/

We should be pulling back into Eugene around 5!

If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to contact Laura at euglove@gmail.com

Hip Chicks Do Wine

After a very long and cold winter, there is nothing us Hip Chicks love more than the start of beautiful spring in Portland. Come celebrate the season at our annual Sip Into Spring party, which this year will be benefiting Grout Elementary School in SE Portland.

 

On Saturday, April 10 from 4 to 9pm, enjoy a flight of six wines, loads of appetizers and music from local artist Gaylenne Davis. Don't forget to bring your wallets because we will be having a silent auction featuring some amazing prizes such as:

 

Night stays at the Hotel Vintage Plaza & Jupiter Hotel

Hot air balloon rides over the Willamette Valley

Gift certificates to Toro Bravo & Proper Eats

Assorted jewelery and art

 Fine wines from all over Oregon

 

Admission is $15 ($10 of which is directly donated to Grout Elementary) and kids get in for free! We encourage everyone to bring their children to this event because we will be featuring kid-friendly foods, balloon animals, face painting and a soda tasting from Hot Lips Soda.

 

Portland Winery & Tasting Room

4510 SE 23rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97202
Saturday, April 10, 2010
4 to 9pm

 

Visit our website at:  http://hipchicksdowine.com/  

Remy Wines - Thanksgiving Open House

Remy Drabkin of Remy Wines is having an open house on November 27th & 28th from noon to 5:00pm, and on the 29th from noon to 4:00pm in McMinnville, OR located at 905 NE 10th Ave.  Some of you met Remy at Lavender Womyn's Wine Tasting event in Corvallis last Saturday night.  For more information, you can email her at:  remy@remywines.com

Hip Chicks Do Wine - Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend is one of the most popular wine tasting weekends of the year. Skip the crowds and traffic by visiting our SE Portland winery and tasting room which is only a mile from downtown Portland!

 

This weekend long event features tastings of 15 different wines, plenty of appetizers and live music. Cocoa Velvet Chocolate will be pairing their handcrafted truffles with our wines on Friday and Saturday. Feel free to bring the entire family. Kids will enjoy our Hot Lips Soda, a craft table and a Lego table. Hours for the event are 11am to 9pm on Friday and Saturday and 11am to 6pm on Sunday. All-inclusive admission is $15 per person. Click Here for our Newberg Tasting Room's Thanksgiving Weekend schedule.

 

Friday, 1 to 4pm - Jesse Meade

Friday, 5 to 8pm - Carlyle

Saturday, 1 to 4pm - Robert Ritcher & Jessica Hitchborn

Saturday, 5 to 8pm - Beth Willis

Sunday, 2 to 5pm - Galynne Davis

 

Visit our website at:  http://www.hipchicksdowine.com/

Wine Tasting Event - Lavender Womyn

 
On Saturday, November 14th, Jean of Avalon Wine, is graciously offering to host our next Lavender Womyn's event at her wine shop in Corvallis for a private wine tasting event.  Come taste wine with talented young winemaker Remy Drabkin. She's from Corvallis and makes some delicious reds and whites. She's one of the few lesbian winemakers in Oregon - come learn about her winery and taste her wines.

Where: Avalon Wine
201 SW 2nd Street
Corvallis
541-752-7418
When: 5:00-7:00pm on Saturday, November 14th

Bread and a few munchies will be served.

Charge: $5 donation to Lavender Womyn is requested, but not required.

 

It's a private tasting, so either look for someone at the front door to let you in or go around the side of the building and come in the side door.

 

For more details, visit our website at:  http://www.salemlavenderwomyn.com/november-event.html

Women and Wine - Eugene

UVA - a wine bar presents:

Women and Wine, a queer women's social event every Thursday night from 5:00pm - 11:00pm at UVA. Enjoy bottle and glass discounts on world wines. Dine on pannini sandwiches, antipasto plates, fine olives and cheeses. A lovely venue to meet friends and make new ones.

Located at Oakway shopping center on Coburg Road:

27 Oakway Center
Eugene, OR 97455

(541) 683-6438