The 2007 Utopia Estate Pinot Noir was awarded the Grand Award of Excellence – Gold Medal for Pinot Noir over $35.00 at the 2010 Oregon Wine Awards. The Oregon Wine Awards is Oregon?s most prestigious wine recognition program to determine by professional consensus of the state?s outstanding Oregon wines of the year. The Oregon Wine Awards is established to recognize, celebrate and promote excellence in Oregon winemaking. The tasting evaluation is a single blind varietal categories in (3) three retail price categories. The Tasting Panel consists of Oregon?s Top Wine Writers, Buyers, Sommeliers,
Wine Directors and Wine Professionals.

Pinot in the Pearl! Meet us on May 6 at the first Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers event in Portland. Over 30 wineries, 8 restaurants and many others will be hosting an unprecedented event in tandem with the traditional First Thursday Art Walk in Portland’s famed Pearl District. Wineries large and small will pour their wines alongside premier restaurants such as The Painted Lady, The Heathman, 50 Plates, Aquavira, Gracies’s Restaurant, Phresh Organic Catering, The Sweetest Things Cupcakes and Sweet Masterpiece Chocolates. Whole Foods and Volcanic Minerals Refresher will join us along with the featured vendors Perfect Picnics, A Nose for Wine Tours and Fannucci Oils.

And here is the all-star cast of wineries:
Adelsheim, Alloro, Anam Cara, Arborbrook, Archery Summit, Artisnal, Barking Frog, Blakeslee Vineyard Estate, Carabella, CHEHALEM, Colene Clemens Vineyards, Cooper Mountain, deLancellotti Family Vineyards, Elk Cove, Et Fille, Freja Cellars, Hawk’s View Cellars, JK Carrierre, K&M Wines, Lachini, Laura Volkman Vineyards, Le Cadeau, Longplay Wines, Raptor Ridge, REX HILL, ROCO Winery, RR Wines, Terra Vina Wines, Trisaetum, Utopia Estate Vineyard, and Vidon.

Wines will be available for purchase.

Tickets are only $25.00 in advance (www.praviawines.com) or $30.00 at the door. Advance ticket purchasers can take advantage of $3.00 parking rates at nearby garages.

Irish eyes are smiling because we are extending our FREE shipping offer through March 31st. So share the luck of the Irish, even if you are not and order a bottle of Utopia Pinot-noir and enjoy FREE shipping through Mach 31st! Order Now.

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Hi everybody and welcome to the new Utopia Vineyard website located at: http://www.utopiawine.com.

Where you can find out the latest news and happenings about our vineyard and our wines.

We welcome your comments and questions on our vineyard and wines.

Cheers!

-Daniel Warnshuis
Utopia Vineyard & Wines

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