Wine Tours Northwest

Yippie for Yelp.com

Mike — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:53:13 +0000

We are Very proud and pleased -Twenty one – FIVE ( 5 ) STAR Reviews on Yelp.com. Check ‘em out, Please.

Gift Certificates (for All occasions) avaliable Now!

Mike — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:24:11 +0000

You know? A lot of people don’t know that we have Gift Cert. for any amount OR for a particular “tour” in the upcoming year. For business (great for that hard worker or the special boss)

and personal (Aunt Suzie has always wanted to go on a special Wine Tour and she doesn’t want to spend all her Millions on that, maybe on you?) So call Now (503) 439-8687

Thanksgiving Weekend???

Mike — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:44:46 +0000

Already getting calls/emails about the weekends before & after Thanksgiving. Looks like a lot of groups (4 to 22 people) are planning ahead; are you? Just call 503-439-TOUR (8687).

Willamette Valley Fall Tours

Mike — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:30:16 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, we had Mike & Pam from Oklahoma on our Wil. Val. tour and they were amazing! I have never seen anyone that had a “photographic tongue”; they did.

I really enjoyed their relating all the wine from Oregon and France; past and present. Just seeing them Enjoy our Oregon wines and relating them to past French wine they knew was

enjoyable!!!

James “Doc” Wilson, Native Oregonian

Bejarana — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:12:06 +0000

Interest in WINE: Became a waiter at Jake’s Famous Crawfish Restaurant in 1982. They had a separate Oregon Wine List that promoted Oregon wines. Visits to these list wineries in both Oregon and California provoked an educational process that endures to this day. I took several formal classes which resulted in graduating with a K.W.T. (Knight of the Wine Table) from Harris Wine Cellars. After visiting over 300 wineries in the Northwest and California in seven years, I was asked to oversee and buy wines for Jake’s. (1989-1990)

In 1989, I bought stock in the first offering for a public owned wineri, Willamette Valley Vineyards. This was followed in 1991 by becoming a limited partner in Ridgecrest Vineyard, which is one of three vineyards owned by Chehalem Winery.

Founded my own Wine Consulting Company (Wild, Wild, West, Wine Consulting) in 1998, specializing in wine lists for start-up restaurants and helped wineries without distribution in Oregon to find a wholesaler.

Travel: International Wine Tours include France ’95 and 2008, Germany ’99 and Italy 2003 and 2005. British Columbia on numerous visits and domestically have been to the Finger Lakes in New York, as well as wineries in Georgia, Missouri and Nevada.

Professional: From 2001-2003 wrote a monthly wine column for Le Bouquet, the official magazine for the Chefs de Cuisine Society of Oregon. Received Honorary Sommelier Pin Cordilian Bage in Pauillac, France in 1995. Have judged wine at the Oregon State Fair and the Tri-Cities Wine Festival. Have poured wine at the International Pinot Noir Festival, the Classic Wine Auction as well at Chehalem and Stolier wineries.

Today: Still working my Consulting business. A member of two wine groups the Taster’s Guild and the Confrerie des Vignerons de Saint Vincent Maco (Oregon Chapter). Still working also at Jake’s Famous Crawfish Restaurant.

Alias’s: Besides Doc, am also known as “The Wine Wizard” at local wine shops, Chehalem Winery and the International Pinot Noir Festival. Also known as a hopeless Oeniphile, and for my favorite quote about wine: “I’ve spent most of my money on wine and women the rest I just wasted!”