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Slide Show: 2013 International Pinot Noir Celebration

August 6, 2013

2013 GRAND SEMINAR: The Architecture of Pinot Noir

Moderator Terry Theise (importer, author, and winner of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Award for Oustanding Wine and Spirits Professional) and Eric Asimov (chief wine critic of The New York Times) led a panel of esteemed international winemakers, includ

"IPNC is one of those rare wine gatherings that works on every level." - Eric Asimov, The New York Times

Alfresco Lunch in the Oak Grove

This year, the on-campus Alfresco Lunch was prepared by two groups of talented chefs. On Friday, the meal was composed of dishes from Ox’s Gregory Denton & Gabriella Quiñónez Denton, Luce’s John Taboada, and Le Pigeon’s pastry chef Lauren Fortgang. On Sa

Alfresco Tasting

Before dinner on Friday and Saturday, IPNC hosts two grand tastings in which 37 winemakers pour the weekend's featured Pinots. Guests have the exciting opportunity to taste, discuss, and enjoy these featured gorgeous bottles with the winemakers who creat

Camp Stumptown

Stumptown Coffee's on-tap cold brew coffee service kept the crowd awake through hours of wine tasting, all weekend long.

It wasn't all Pinot all the time...

The weekend featured plenty of other beverages, including a plastic pool full of Moscato d'Asti and a special beer event. Portland’s The Commons brewery and IPNC beer curator Christian DeBenedetti poured a special, limited-run beer collaboration created

Vineyard Tour and Winery Lunch

At registration, each IPNC guest is given a number that designates which tour bus they'll board for a visit to an undisclosed winery location. We visited Marsh Vineyard for a guided stroll through the vines with Longplay Wines winemaker Todd Hansen and R

Vineyard Tour and Winery Lunch

A true Texan through-and-through, Rollin Soles of Roco (and the founder of Argyle Winery) has been producing fine wines for more than 20 years. His passion for the profession was on display during his vineyard tour.

Vineyard Tour and Winery Lunch

After the vineyard tour (and plenty of in-the-vines sipping) guests sit down to a multi-course lunch created by one of our talented guest chefs. Our bus traveled from Marsh Vineayrd to Roco Winery for a Bollywood-themed meal from Milwaukie Kitchen & Wine

Vineyard Tour and Winery Lunch

The Bollywood-themed lunch featured bindis, bangles, and a spirited performance from a troup of Bollywood dancers.

Pinot Gris and Cheese Tasting

Featured wineries’ Pinot gris were paired with artisan cheeses selected by Steve Jones of Portland’s Cheese Bar. Participating wineries included Adelsheim, Belle Pente, Carabella, Elk Cove, Matello, Montinore, Raptor Ridge, and more.

IPNC Salmon Bake

A long-standing tradition of the IPNC, the Salmon Bake buffet dinner showcases wild salmon roasted on alder stakes over a huge custom-built fire pit. Guests from around the world bask in the warm glow of a lantern lit Oak Grove where cellared Pinot noir

Every year during the last weekend in July, seventy of the world's best Pinot noir-producing wineries, fifty top Pacific Northwest chefs, and hundreds of wine lovers from Burgundy to Tokyo come together for three days of education, libations, and celebration at McMinnville's Linfield College. The International Pinot Noir Celebration is an all-inclusive tour through the wilderness of the world's most mysterious grape, led by the people who have loved it their whole lives: headlining wine writers, multi-generation Burgundian vignerons, Oregon Pinot pioneers, Northern California winemakers that refuse to bow to the big-and-bold bottle trends of the Golden State, and an entire globe worth of wine producers, distributors, and everyday drinkers alike.

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