Oregon Wine and ART Project: November 2013

Monday, November 4, 2013

Travel Lane County Photo Contest Winners

Every year Travel Lane County holds a photo contest with images from all over the county, from the coast to the Cascade mountain range. Here are a few and you can visit them all here.Contest Winners

Eugene, Cascades & Coast Photo Contest

- 2013 Photo Contest Winners

Coastline Florence by Gregory Burns, Third Place

3rd Place: "Coastline Florence" by Gregory Burns

Jaqua Dawn by David Putzier, First Place

1st Place:"Jaqua Dawn" by David Putzier

Now you HAVE to come to Oregon and visit Lane County to see all this and more in person, and while you are here, sample some of our fine wines, great beers, and delicious foods!

Salt Creek Falls in Winter by Lisel Hilson, Third Place

3rd Place:"Salt Creek Falls in Winter" by Lisel Hilson

About the "One Bottle" Project

A number of years ago I was tasked with finding a way to raise money to help with operation costs fora local chamber orchestra. I have many friends in the wine business and know that they are continually ask for cases, half cases, bottles, tastings, etc, and that it gets old fast. They are all very giving and caring people but they can't give away all their wine to help other people.
With that in mind, I decided that if I were going to ask anyone for wine, I would do it in person and just ask for one bottle. I drove my Subaru Legacy Wagon all over the state, putting on 180,000 miles.
The first year I gathered over 150 and last year I ended up with 259 bottles of Oregon wines for our auction. This year I gathered less because I knew that too much wine would be a problem for a "mixed" auction. This year I plan to create an auction for just the wine, separate from any other event.I was given wines from every wine region we have. I drove from Cave Junction (Foris) to Milton Freewater (Zerba) and to Bend (Volcano) Bonanza (12 Ranch) and the coast(Flying Dutchman). I traveled all over the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon on my quest, met hundreds of wonderful wine people, made new friends, and tasted the bounty of Oregon.
I look forward to this years journey in my brand new Subaru Legacy and the support of all who helped last year and the year before, and of my wonderful wife, who puts up with this crazy idea!