Wandering Women Who Wine

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About us

Wandering Women Who Wine is a Portland based community for women who love wine, travel, and genuine connection.

This group brings women together through wine nights, local outings, shared adventures, and future travel opportunities. We believe the best experiences are the ones shared with others.

Wandering Women Who Wine is the sister group to Seattle’s Wandering Women Club. We encourage members to join both groups if they are interested in events, trips, and opportunities happening in both cities.

Partnered with 2 To Go Travel: 2 cities, 2 friends, one shared love of wine, travel, and bringing women together.

Meet some of our Portland based hosts!

Meet Joan!

Joan is a travel extraordinaire with a natural gift for making everyone feel welcome. With experience as a travel tour guide and world traveler, she loves wine, exploring new places, and creating experiences that bring people together. Her favorite places to land are Portland and Mexico, where she feels most at home. Whether it is a local meetup or an adventure somewhere new, Joan has a way of turning simple moments into meaningful, shared experiences.

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Celebrate Women Winemakers at Backcountry Wines
Wed, May 27 · 5:00 PM PDT
Backcountry wine Tasting Room, 2505 SE 11th Ave, suite 117, Portland, OR, US
Let's celebrate Wandering Women and Oregon Wine month by tasting wines from some of our most revered women winemakers. Backcountry Wines has offered to curate a special tasting for our group featuring wines from either women-only winemakers or wife/husband teams.

Did you know that the Willamette Valley has a notably high and growing number of women winemakers compared to other regions? Some estimates say 30%! By comparison, Napa Valley only boasts 10%. The Willamette Valley is recognized as a hub for women working in all aspects of the wine industry and if you read Oregon Wine Press this month, then you know that we have a legacy of women leading the industry since its early days back in the 1960's and 70's.

Join us Wednesday, May 27 at 5pm at Backcountry Wine Tasting Room, located in the Old Ford Building at 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97202. Please note that the entrance is on SE Division between 10th & 11th.

A tasting flight of 6 wines will be $30. Glass pours are also available. Please feel free to bring in food and snacks. There is no food available to purchase.
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We're invited to sail with Emma from Naso on their first European River Cruise!
Wed, Aug 19 · 2:00 PM PDT
NASO Wine Bar, 1740 Se Hawthorne Ave, Portland, OR, US
Hello lovely wanderers!
Here's a link to our cruise and all the details and options, pricing, etc.
Naso Cruise 2026

So, the lovely Naso proprietor, Emma, WSETII, just toured the wine regions of Germany, learning and tasting along the way! She loved it so much that she wants to go back with a small group of her favorite patrons, and we are helping her make that happen, with our 2 ToGo Travel Club partnership! We invite you to join us as we drink in the beauty, history and flavor of the Rhine and Moselle river valleys’ iconic vineyards.

### Cruise From: Amsterdam to Luxembourg

This is a 2 river, 3 country experience with a focus on wine!

This itinerary makes it easy-arrive into the city you will embark on the beautiful AmaWaterways AmaCerto! We can even book a flight straight through from PDX to Amsterdam for you, and we've got optional land pre and post extensions to round out this amazing Ama Waterways Vineyards of The Rhine and Moselle European experience with some time in Paris!
Space is limited and you can get $500 off pp and a free stateroom category upgrade if you deposit with us by Sept 30th! Don't miss the Boat!

A Little bit about this cruise:
You'll begin your journey with a gentle ride through Amsterdam’s legendary canals, then head to Düsseldorf where you can whet your palate for the wines ahead by tasting the city’s specialty, Altbier. As for the vineyards, you’ll soar above them by gondola or hike among the grapes in Rüdesheim and sip wines in Bernkastel as well, learning the legend of the Bernkasteler Doctor. Discover the celebrated Champagne region of France in Reims, the unofficial capital of Champagne. Whatever you choose to do ashore, the stories you’re told and flavors that grace your palate will surely transform you.
Bookend your travels with stays in two incredible destinations rich with history and culture: pre-cruise 2 nights in Amsterdam and/or post-cruise in Paris or The Champagne region.

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A very important group etiquette reminder: Sometimes we post events that are "unhosted" because neither Joy nor I can attend, as we travel quite a bit. We've started posting "unhosted" events when we find some thing only offered at a specific time and we think our members might want to do it. Unless we mention otherwise in the event description, for all of our hosted events, if you RSVP, please be certain you will attend, or please promptly change your RSVP if you know you can't.
We intentionally keep our event groups small, so everyone can be heard. It's a common practice for people to choose "Yes" when they first see the event because space is limited, I do this myself, too, so we usually have a waitlist. We suggest joining the waitlist, because often people on the list cancel before the event. Meetup will automatically add the next person on that waitlist to the "You're Going" side of things, so you might get to join us! If you are on the waitlist, please check in on the event a few times to see if you've gotten an upgrade. If you've made other plans in the meantime, please immediately change the "You're Going" status for you to "No", to give the next person the spot :)
Also: We'd love to onboard other women hosts in our group, even if you just offer to host the "unhosted" events we post and only want to do it once. Please feel free to suggest events for us to post, too, by reaching out to us. It's just a quick setting switch to get you set up as an organizer, a.k.a host, and listed in the event description. No pressure, honestly, our wonderful members always make it really fun :)
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