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

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.

Dobbes Family Estate Winery and Goodwill Industries will once again join forces to encourage charitable giving. On the weekend of April 25th and 26th, we are hosting a Spring Clean at our winery. In addition to wine tasting, there will be representatives from Goodwill Industries on hand to accept donations and offer donation receipts in exchange for unwanted items. We will offer substantial discounts on many of our wines and complimentary wine tasting to those over 21 years of age who bring articles to donate to Goodwill.

Celebrate the completion of filing your tax returns on April 15th, 2009, with a glass of wine in the Dobbes Family Estate Tasting Room from 5-7pm. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. An H&R Block representative will be on hand to give tax tips for an easier return next year!

We’ve had a wonderfully busy weekend, and only now can I sit to write about our April First Thursday “Local’s Night”. Patricia and I were there throughout, and the room had a good feel to it. It is always nice to see our members there- and it was doubly nice to see so many new faces! Patricia was the unofficial “Madame du Chais” of the evening, and she encouraged everyone to try the 2005 Cuvee Noir Pinot by the glass. It was probably because the wine is absolutely stunning, and probably not because that wine is going to be renamed as “Patricia’s Cuvee”! Local guitarist John Harr entertained us, playing classical guitar. If you listened closely, you noticed that he sometimes threw in a classical interpretation of a rock ‘n roll song- that’s thinking outside the box! All wines were available at the Member’s Discount of 20%, for Member’s and Locals alike. Everyone saved and savored, and most attendees took a bottle or two home with them… Malia, Michelle and David were busy all evening. Rather than limit our guests to a handful of selections, we had every wine (and we mean every wine) available buy the glass and by the bottle. It was so successful, that we think we’ll make that the standard format for Local’s Night: we will serve flights (which of course are complimentary to Members) until 6pm, and then after 6PM we will serve glasses and bottles ONLY (at Member’s discounts). That will allow us to better serve all attendees to our increasingly popular Local’s Night Events. Thanks again for all of your support- please join us for flights of Dobbes Family Estate and Wine By Joe every day until 6, and for First Thursday Local’s Nights for 20% off ALL bottles and glasses.

Brian and Joe welcome you back from the snow and holidays and are excited that they will no longer be preempted by Ducks football on Saturday afternoons! The show is a re-introduction of the guys as they celebrate being on the air for 2 years. 

The show will also bring you the World of Wine where they talk about upcoming events in wine country and who the top producers from last years vintage are. Next up is Wine 101 – get educated about wine from Joe and other guests, and finally they close the show out with the Fred Meyer Picks of the Week!

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