Oregon Wine Experience

The OWE is a charity event of the Asante Foundation, which helps out in the domain of medical care. OWE features many Oregon wineries, some so small that only a few hundred cases a year are produced. They taste the wine in a big tent with some bites supplied by local chefs. This year we really only saw southwest Oregon wineries, with a couple of exceptions.

We drove to the OWE from Eugene to Medford, with the road becoming much hillier as we went through Grants Pass. Once there, we parked in a huge field and went under some tents that clearly had livestock in them a week or so ago. We could still smell the evidence of that, but it didn’t detract from our tastings. Deb chased chardonnay and rose, whereas I was almost exclusively tasting Tempranillo and Syrah. It was a hot day, over 100 degrees, so the shade and the electric fans were welcome.