Linfield BIPOC Wine Symposium
April 13, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 13
Location: Linfield’s McMinnville Campus, Graf 111 900 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. |
Scheduled panelists and guests include:
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.
- Mac McDonald, winemaker and owner of Vision Cellars; co-founder of the Association of African American Vintners;
- 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.