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UPDATE: Starting July, 2024 no more $5 annual fee. Meetup has increased the fee to use their platform more than double. I am passing this fee along to my members by charging $2.50 per event. Please Venmo me at @Kari-Furse when you sign up for an event. If you do not use Venmo let me know and you can pay me cash at the event itself.
Let's get together and share our love of wine tasting! I am not a wine expert but enjoy the experience and like sharing it with others! I will book us tastings at different types of vineyards. Group size will vary per venue.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- ROCO Winery wine tastingNeeds location
UPDATE: I need to change the date for this. Hopefully you can still attend.
Discover our small-production Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sparkling Wines in a setting almost as inspiring as the wines themselves, where beautiful country roads wind between family farms and vineyards dot the surrounding hillsides.
We have a few options for tasting experiences, each can be waived by bottle purchases or becoming a Club Member. If you join the Club, the member benefits will kick in that same date.
- 3 wine Italian Tour (Italian wines) or ROCO Tour (mix of sparkling, chardonnay and Pinot) $25 per Tour or Tour waived with 1 bottle purchase
- 5 wine Portfolio Experience $40 (a mix of sparkling, chardonnay and Pinot noir), or waived with 2 bottle purchase
- 5 wine Diamond Experience (all traditional method sparkling) $50 or waived with 2 bottle purchase
ROCO Winery
13260 NE Red Hills Rd
Newberg, OR 97132
503.538.8683 - Balsall Creek Winery Wine TastingNeeds location
The tasting room offers three unique indoor spaces – the main tasting room, a luxe lounge, and an open-kitchen private dining room – as well as 2500 square feet of outdoor patio complete with covered areas and a fireplace. Patrons of the space can select from three different tasting flights, each comprised of at least four different estate varietals, as well as a unique vineyard tour and tasting experience. Light food options are also available.
Food Menu
Complementing our wine flights, we offer a limited menu of savory snacks, a charcuterie board and sandwiches.Grilled Cheese $14: Our take on a grilled cheese sandwich using Gruyere and cheddar cheese on fresh local artisan bread. Served with potato chips.
Prosciutto Baguette $14: Prosciutto, fresh arugula, and apple slices drizzled with raspberry balsamic vinegar on a fresh local artisan baguette. Served with potato chips.
Charcuterie Board $25: A selection of Briar Rose Creamery cheeses, Olympic Provisions salami, fresh Laurel Foods hazelnuts, apricots, and crackers.
Hazelnuts – $6: Roasted local Hazelnuts from Laurel Foods tossed in Jacobsen Rosemary SaltTasting fee: $50pp + 20% gratuity
Balsall Creek Winery
18430 NE Calkins Ln
Newberg, OR 97132
503.687.1888Event cost: $2.50 per person payable to me via Venmo @Kari-Furse OR you can pay me in cash at the event. Please let me know which way you are going to pay me. Please be sure to put the name of the winery so can track payments.
- Sokoll Blosser Winery Wine TastingSokol Blosser Winery, Dayton, OR
Tasting fee: $40pp
They do offer a food menu. It can be found at the winery link below.Sokol Blosser Winery
5000 NE Sokol Blosser Ln, OR 97114
503.864.2282Event cost: $2.50 per person payable to me via Venmo @Kari-Furse OR you can pay me in cash at the event. Please let me know which way you are going to pay me. Please be sure to put the name of the winery so can track payments.
- Garibaldi Cellars Wine TastingNeeds location
Garibaldi Cellars, a boutique winery, has been a dream in the making for more than 30 years when Albert and Patti Garibaldi moved from California to the Willamette Valley of the Pacific Northwest with their two sons. The lush, beautiful, landscape and the small vineyards that sporadically covered the hillsides reminded Albert of his father Giovanni’s love for farming and his passion for the intricacies of raising grapes for wine. He had a dream of working the land one day—getting his hands in the dirt and tending the vine stock like his father before him.
Garibaldi Cellars’ first vintage is the 2015 Giovanni Pinot Noir. Our flagship wine is dedicated to a very proud man who raised his family and worked hard all his life. Papa, or Tony (as Giovanni was known to friends and family), would be proud of what his family has created today in his honor. As a tribute to him and his journey, his passport picture from Chiavari, Italy adorns every label.Tasting fee: $25/pp waived with 2 bottle purchase
Garibaldi Cellars
303 NE 3rd St
McMinnville, OR 97128Event cost: $2.50 per person payable to me via Venmo @Kari-Furse OR you can pay me in cash at the event. Please let me know which way you are going to pay me. Please be sure to put the name of the winery so can track payments.