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Linfield BIPOC Wine Symposium
April 13, 2023

Time: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 13
Location: Linfield’s McMinnville campus, 900 SE Baker St. in McMinnville, Ore.
Cost: $49.95 registration; free for Linfield and AHIVOY students
 
Linfield University’s Evenstad Center for Wine Education, in partnership with Asociación Hispana de la Industria del Vino en Oregon y Comunidad (AHIVOY), is proud to present their first-ever BIPOC Wine Symposium Thursday, April 13 on Linfield’s McMinnville campus. The all-day event, designed both for Evenstad students and those already established in the wine industry, features panel and roundtable discussions, workshops on how to create a more inclusive industry and a tasting featuring wines from Black and Latinx winemakers.
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Scheduled panelists and guests include:
  • Mac McDonald, winemaker and owner of Vision Cellars; co-founder of the Association of African American Vintners; 
  • André Hueston Mack, former Head Sommelier at Per Se, founder of Maison Noir and Vine & Supply;  
  • Robin McBride, co-owner and founder of McBride Sisters Wine, the largest Black-owned winery in the United States, and SHE CAN Fund;
  • Sofía Torres-McKay, co-founder of AHIVOY (empowering vineyard stewards to move up through the ranks via education and professional training); co-owner of Cramoisi Vineyard and Winery;
  • Miguel Márquez García, sommelier at Republica, Portland Monthly’s 2021 Restaurant of the Year; 
  • DeAnna Ornelas, Tasting Room and Hospitality Manager for Winderlea Vineyard and Winery and AHIVOY President; 
  • Desiree Noisette, founder, president and “head mermaid” of Mermosa Wines and Florida’s first Black female winemaker. 
 
Registration is $49.95, which includes lunch and the wine tasting. For more information, contact Lisa Munson at 503-883-2243 or Imunson2@linfield.edu.
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        • La Center Schools
        • Mt. View (OR)
        • Mt. View (WA)
        • Omak
        • Sherwood
        • Rex Putnam
        • Ridgefield
        • Tigard
        • Tualatin
        • West Albany
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        • Woodland
      • Session 2 Teams >
        • Caldera
        • Cascade
        • Century
        • Douglas
        • David Douglas
        • Franklin
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