FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2018

Contact: Bruce Nicholson, Chair Competition® 541.621-2327 [email protected]

Sarahanne Driggs, Events Officer Asante Foundation Oregon Wine Experience® 541-789-2576 [email protected]

More than 100 Oregon Wineries to Participate at the 2018 Oregon Wine Experience®

Oregon Wine Competition® ~ August 4-5

MEDFORD, Ore. — Entry for the 2018 Oregon Wine Competition® has officially closed, with a record number of wines planning to compete. The panel of highly renowned wine judges including four Masters of Wine will be evaluating the vast varietals the weekend of August 4-5. This year the competition moves to Ashland and will be held at the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites.

Medals will be awarded including the announcement of the best of show winners at the Medal Celebration on August 23 at Bigham Knoll in Jacksonville. Guests of the Medal Celebration will be among the first to try the medal-winning wines, which will be featured at various events throughout the weekend of the Oregon Wine Experience® August 23 – 26.

The Oregon Wine Experience® encompasses the full breadth and depth of Oregon wines including more than 100 wineries from all corners of the state of Oregon. For tickets and event information, please visit theoregonwineexperience.com or call 541-789-5025.

The Oregon Wine Experience® is a week-long wine and culinary festival, where 100% of money raised stays local and benefits Asante Children’s Miracle Network and other Asante Foundation healthcare programs.

2018 Participating Wineries: Eola Hills Wine Cellars 2Hawk Vineyard & Winery A Blooming Hill Vineyard Fences Winery Adega Northwest Firesteed Corporation Agate Ridge Vineyard Foris Vineyards Winery Anchor Valley Freed Estate Winery Archery Summit Winery Giradet Augustino Estate and Vineyard Goldback Wines Aurora Vines/Aguila Vineyard Authentique Wine Cellars Guzzo Family Vineyard Awen Winecraft Harry & David Beaton Farm Vineyard & Winery Huett Cellars Iris Vineyards Bluebird Hill Cellars Irontree Wines Brandborg Vineyard and Winery Irvine & Roberts Vineyards Brigadoon Wine Co. J Wrigley Vineyards Carlton Cellars JAXON Cathedral Ridge Winery Kriselle Cellars Catman Cellars Ledger David Cellars Chris James Cellars Left Coast Estate Cliff Creek Cellars Lenné Clos Nowhere Maison Jussiaume Wines Coeur de Terre Vineyard MarshAnne Landing Winery Coopers hall Misty Oaks Vineyard Coria Estates Moulton Family Wines Coventina Vineyards Naumes Family Vineyards Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden Crater Lake Cellars Old Ninety Nine Cellars Cubanisimo Vineyards Parkhurst Wine Cellars Cuckoo’s Nest Cellars Pebblestone Cellars Daisy Creek Vineyard Pheasantbrook Cellars DANCIN Vineyards Pike Road Wines Del Rio Vineyards Plaisance Ranch Diamondback Vineyards Quady North Dominio IV Wines Rattlesnake Butte Winery Dragonfly Time Red Lily Vineyards Earth Song Vineyards Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards EdenVale Winery Eliana Wines

2018 Participating Wineries: Rosella’s Vineyard & Winery RoxyAnn Winery Ryan Rose Wine Schmidt Family Vineyards Schultz Wines Season Cellars Serra Vineyards Silvan Ridge Winery Simple Machine Soloro Vineyard South Stage Cellars Spangler Vineyards Stave & Stone Winery Stone Griffon Winery StoneRiver Winery & Vineyards Talent Cellars, LLC Terra Vina Wines Tero Estates Wines Inc. Trium Wines Troon Vineyard Twill Cellars Upper Five Vineyard Valcan Cellars VIDON Vineyard Weisinger Family Winery Whitetail Ridge Vineyard Wooldridge Creek Winery Youngberg Hill