Joe the Winemaker – The Official Blog of Oregon Winemaker Joe Dobbes

In this installment of Vine Time, Joe & Brian talk about the many wine festivals and events coming up in the area. Including Flavors of Carlton,  the Classic Wines Auction and the McMinnville Food & Wine Classic. The guys are talking to Whitney Gauger, the executive director of the 23rd annual International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC). To cap the show off winemaker John Abbott from Abeja winery in Walla Walla, who had one of the most talked about Cabernets at the Taste of Walla Walla event will be tasting through some wines.  

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In today’s show Brian is talking with Jaqueline Walske from the Walla Walla Valley Alliance, about the Taste of Walla Walla event held at the Portland Art Museum on Monday March 2nd. The Wine 101 section of this show will teach you a little bit about the 90+ wineries in the Walla Walla AVA. In the tasting room section Brian is also going to talk with Devin Stinger one of the top young winemakers in the Walla Walla AVA from Adamant Cellars.

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