CALLING OREGON ALL OREGON WINERIES!

If you are a Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival alum OR you produce fewer than 2,500 cases annually, then you are eligible to participate in this year’s Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival on May 14 - 15, 2011.

The Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival is taking a new approach this year. We want to change it up a bit. We’re in our seventh year and believe that visitors to the festival (especially those who come every year) want to see evolution and experience new things. We decided to make the 2011 festival, the year for an Indie Review so we’re featuring both new wineries and alums who have played an integral role in building the craft winemaking movement in Oregon. It’s the best of both worlds - quality control intact!

Here’s how it works:

If you’re an Indie Alum:

We’re accepting alum wineries on a first come first serve basis starting NOW. Please email announcements@indiewinefestival.com to be one of the 40 participating Alum. You qualify as an Indie Alum if you and your winery were selected into one or more of the 2005 - 2010 festivals, and poured as an Officially Selected Winery.

The booth fee this year is $500 - the same as years prior. You will be able to pour up to five wines (of your choice) at this year’s consumer Grand Tasting on Saturday, May 14, 2011 (1 p.m. - 6 p.m.) and as many wines as you’d like at our Sunday, May 15, 2011 Trade Tasting (11 a.m. - 3 p.m.). All wineries must have only two representatives (winemaker/owner and assistant) on site during the Grand Tasting and Trade Tasting on May 14 - 15, 2011.

Once we hear from you, we will send you all the necessary documents and details. Two important things to know off the bat: letter of commitment and payment must be received no later than Friday, February 25, 2011 and all paperwork must be submitted no later than Monday, March 7, 2011. To be considered as a participating Alum please email announcements@indiewinefestival.com DO NOT fill out the online wine submission form.

If you and your winery have never been selected to pour at our Grand Tasting:

This year we’re partnering with Indie alum judge and award-winning wine writer, Cole Danehower, to produce our competition for new Indies. Cole is assembling a panel of expert palates for a blind tasting of all submissions, and we will invite the top scoring 12 wineries into the festival to pour their Officially Selected Wines from the 2011 judging. As always, scores will never be revealed.

In order to be considered: you must send us two bottles of up to five wines. The cost of entry is $75 for the first wine and $40 for each additional wine entry. Again, the maximum number of wines to submit is five. Payment can be made via check or credit card. Checks should be made out to the Indie Wine Foundation. Late entries will be charged $100 for the first wine and $60 for each additional wine entry. No wines will be accepted after Friday, March 4, 2011.

Payment must be received no later than Friday, March 4, 2011. PLEASE NOTE: There is an additional booth fee of $500 that will be charged to each of the wineries selected to pour at the festival. Please see the FAQ below for more details.

To qualify for the Portland Indie Wine Festival, you must meet the following business criteria:

1) Wineries making 2,500 cases or fewer, total production of all varieties for the 2009 vintage year (that’s 5975 gallons, or approximately 38 tons of fruit).

2) You must be in one of the three following categories:

“Grower-Winemaker- Proprietor” (You are the hands-on indie – from planting and managing your own vineyard, make all the wines and bottle the wine for sale)
“Grower-Proprietor” (You own the vineyard and grow the grapes, but have the wine made by a consultant winemaker in close collaboration with you)
“Winemaker-Proprietor” (You make the wine yourself but buy grapes from vineyards you do not own)

3) Wine must be made under a bonded Oregon winery license, if not your own, then someone else’s license. Grapes grown in Oregon and in AVA’s that are shared by a neighboring state are accepted.

4) You must own the company that produces your wine (you must own the brand, but it’s okay if you make your wine at a friend’s facility).

5) You must make the wine yourself or with a team that you employ. “Negociant” wines are not eligible.

6) Barrel samples will not be accepted this year.

An official entry is two bottles each 750ml (or 4 bottles 375ml for wines not bottled in 750ml) of up to five different wines for consideration. Single grape varieties, grape blends, fortified, sparkling and dessert wines are eligible for entry. All forms must be filled out in full and be legible to qualify for entry.
Please make checks to the Indie Wine Foundation. All payment, entry forms and wine must be received by 5:30pm on Friday, March 4, 2011.

Notification of acceptance in the Festival will be sent by email on Monday, March 28, 2011. The complete and final list will be publicized, Monday, April 4, 2011. Entry forms and additional information are also available at www.IndieWineFestival.com

Drop off wine to:
Flint Design Company
Attn: Amy Vaughn
1231 NW Hoyt Street, Suite 204
Portland, OR, 97209
Phone: 503.295.1979 ext. 203
Drop off wines Mon-Fri 9am and 5:30pm

New Wineries (non alums) click here to submit your wines.


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	CALLING OREGON ALL OREGON WINERIES! If you are a Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival alum OR you produce fewer than 2,500 cases annually, then you are eligible to participate in this year’s Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival on May 14 - 15, 2011. The Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival is taking a new approach this year. We want to change it up a bit. We’re in our seventh year and believe that visitors to the festival (especially those who come every year) want to see evolution and experience new things. We decided to make the 2011 festival, the year for an Indie Review so we’re featuring both new wineries and alums who have played an integral role in building the craft winemaking movement in Oregon. It’s the best of both worlds - quality control intact! Here’s how it works: If you’re an Indie Alum: We’re accepting alum wineries on a first come first serve basis starting NOW. Please email announcements@indiewinefestival.com to be one of the 40 participating Alum. You qualify as an Indie Alum if you and your winery were selected into one or more of the 2005 - 2010 festivals, and poured as an Officially Selected Winery. The booth fee this year is $500 - the same as years prior. You will be able to pour up to five wines (of your choice) at this year’s consumer Grand Tasting on Saturday, May 14, 2011 (1 p.m. - 6 p.m.) and as many wines as you’d like at our Sunday, May 15, 2011 Trade Tasting (11 a.m. - 3 p.m.). All wineries must have only two representatives (winemaker/owner and assistant) on site during the Grand Tasting and Trade Tasting on May 14 - 15, 2011. Once we hear from you, we will send you all the necessary documents and details. Two important things to know off the bat: letter of commitment and payment must be received no later than Friday, February 25, 2011 and all paperwork must be submitted no later than Monday, March 7, 2011. To be considered as a participating Alum please email announcements@indiewinefestival.com DO NOT fill out the online wine submission form. If you and your winery have never been selected to pour at our Grand Tasting: This year we’re partnering with Indie alum judge and award-winning wine writer, Cole Danehower, to produce our competition for new Indies. Cole is assembling a panel of expert palates for a blind tasting of all submissions, and we will invite the top scoring 12 wineries into the festival to pour their Officially Selected Wines from the 2011 judging. As always, scores will never be revealed. In order to be considered: you must send us two bottles of up to five wines. The cost of entry is $75 for the first wine and $40 for each additional wine entry. Again, the maximum number of wines to submit is five. Payment can be made via check or credit card. Checks should be made out to the Indie Wine Foundation. Late entries will be charged $100 for the first wine and $60 for each additional wine entry. No wines will be accepted after Friday, March 4, 2011. Payment must be received no later than Friday, March 4, 2011. PLEASE NOTE: There is an additional booth fee of $500 that will be charged to each of the wineries selected to pour at the festival. Please see the FAQ below for more details. To qualify for the Portland Indie Wine Festival, you must meet the following business criteria: 1) Wineries making 2,500 cases or fewer, total production of all varieties for the 2009 vintage year (that’s 5975 gallons, or approximately 38 tons of fruit). 2) You must be in one of the three following categories: “Grower-Winemaker- Proprietor” (You are the hands-on indie – from planting and managing your own vineyard, make all the wines and bottle the wine for sale) “Grower-Proprietor” (You own the vineyard and grow the grapes, but have the wine made by a consultant winemaker in close collaboration with you) “Winemaker-Proprietor” (You make the wine yourself but buy grapes from vineyards you do not own) 3) Wine must be made under a bonded Oregon winery license, if not your own, then someone else’s license. Grapes grown in Oregon and in AVA’s that are shared by a neighboring state are accepted. 4) You must own the company that produces your wine (you must own the brand, but it’s okay if you make your wine at a friend’s facility). 5) You must make the wine yourself or with a team that you employ. “Negociant” wines are not eligible. 6) Barrel samples will not be accepted this year. An official entry is two bottles each 750ml (or 4 bottles 375ml for wines not bottled in 750ml) of up to five different wines for consideration. Single grape varieties, grape blends, fortified, sparkling and dessert wines are eligible for entry. All forms must be filled out in full and be legible to qualify for entry. Please make checks to the Indie Wine Foundation. All payment, entry forms and wine must be received by 5:30pm on Friday, March 4, 2011. Notification of acceptance in the Festival will be sent by email on Monday, March 28, 2011. The complete and final list will be publicized, Monday, April 4, 2011. Entry forms and additional information are also available at www.IndieWineFestival.com Drop off wine to: Flint Design Company Attn: Amy Vaughn 1231 NW Hoyt Street, Suite 204 Portland, OR, 97209 Phone: 503.295.1979 ext. 203 Drop off wines Mon-Fri 9am and 5:30pm New Wineries (non alums) click here to submit your wines.