FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2016

Contact: Bruce Nicholson, Competition Bigham Knoll 541.864.1654 [email protected]

Sue Mendenhall, Event Coordination Asante Foundation 541-789-5998 [email protected]

Nearly 70 Oregon Wineries to Participate in The Oregon Wine Experience® Oregon Wine Competition ~ August 6-7

MEDFORD, Ore.— Entry for The Oregon Wine Competition® has officially closed, with sixty seven wineries from around the state planning to be involved. A panel of highly renowned wine judges will be evaluating more than two hundred wines on August 6th and 7th, and medals will be announced at The Oregon Wine Experience’s Medal Celebration on August 24th. Guests of the Medal Celebration will be among the first to try the medal-winning wines, which will also be featured at various events throughout the week of The Oregon Wine Experience. For tickets and event information, please visit www.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. In 2015, The Oregon Wine Experience® raised over half a million dollars, allowing for a new Child Life Specialist at Rogue Regional Medical Center. Attendees for the events surpassed 2,100 and over 50 wineries participated.

2016 Participating Wineries

1. 2Hawk & Winery 35. Kriselle Cellars 2. 30 Brix Winery 36. La Chouette Vineyard 3. 37. Ledger David 4. Agate Ridge Vineyard 38. Marchesi 5. Airlie Winery 39. Misty Oaks Vineyard 6. Aurora Vines 40. 7. 41. Pebblestone Cellars 8. Brandborg Vineyard and Winery 42. Plaisance Ranch 9. Brigadoon Wine Co 43. Platt Anderson Cellars 10. Carlton Cellars 44. Plum Hill Vineyards 11. Catman Cellars 45. Provincial Vineyards 12. Cliff Creek Cellars 46. Quady North 13. Cuckoo’s Nest Cellars 47. Red Lily Vineyards 14. Cranbrook Farm, LLC 48. Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards 15. Daisy Creek Vineyard 49. RoxyAnn Winery 16. DANCIN Vineyards 50. Schmidt Family Vineyards 17. Deer Creek Vineyards 51. Schultz Wines 18. Del Rio Vineyards 52. Season Cellars 19. Devitt Winery 53. Serra Vineyards 20. Dragonfly Time 54. Silvan Ridge Winery 21. EdenVale Winery 55. Simple Machine 22. Eliana Wines 56. Slagle Creek Vineyards 23. Ermisch Family Cellars 57. Soléna Estate 24. Foris Vineyards 58. Soloro Vineyards 25. Girardet 59. South Stage Cellars 26. God King Slave Wines 60. Stave & Stone Wine Estates 27. 61. Stone Griffon Vineyard 28. Guzzo Family Vineyard 62. TeSóAria Vineyard & Winery 29. Halliday Hill Vineyard 63. Triple Oak Vineyard 30. Harry & David 64. Troon Vineyard 31. Hellgate Cellars 65. Upper Five Vineyard 32. Irvine Family Vineyards 66. Weisinger Family Winery 33. Jaxon Vineyards 67. Willamette Valley Vineyards 34.