On Sunday, May 17 Dobbes Family Estate Winery is hosting an event from 11 AM to 6 PM where you can taste over 40 wines and meet the owners of 12 small Oregon wine brands that are handcrafted by winemaker Joe Dobbes. Entry fee of $15 (or $10 in advance) includes all wine tastings, live music, and hors d’oeuvres. Click here for more information.
A native Oregonian, Joe travelled to France at a young age to apprentice with two of Burgundy’s top producers, Domaine G. Roumier and Domaine Comtes Lafon. After returning to Oregon, Joe produced wine for several top wineries including Elk Cove and Willamette Valley Vineyards.
Joe has also become one of the most vocal advocates of Oregon Wine, serving on several industry boards and hosting a weekly radio wine show. In 2002, no longer able to suppress his entrepreneurial spirit, Joe invested his life savings to start his own winery which now produces 3 distinctive brands:
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