June 26, 2010

The East Willamette Valley Wineries Association’s first ever 2010 New Release Festival just wrapped up this first weekend of summer beginning with a lovely Friday evening winemaker’s gala with sumptuous catering by Vitality restaurant and tasting of all wines, also open to the public on Saturday and culminating with a judging. We are pleased to announce the 2010 Festival’s results:

Favorite Pinot Noir:

2007 Christopher Bridge Estate Pinot Noir

Favorite Sweet White Wine:

2008 Christopher Bridge Estate Muscat

Our thanks to St. Josef’s Winery for hosting this event and to our guests for attending this first New Release Festival!

For more information on the Eastvalley’s wineries and events please visit:

www.eastvalleywine.com

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January 27, 2010

Satori Springs Vineyard has received LIVE certification as a Certified Sustainable producer of commercial grapes. We applied for this certification in the Spring of 2008. The two-year approval process requires attendance at continuing education in viticulture/agronomy as well as careful documentation of all practices pertaining to vineyard management and management of the entire farm (in our case 80 acres) with periodic on-site check-ups by a LIVE inspector. Our fruit now bears the LIVE, IOBC and Salmon safe seals. Kudos to our crew and our flock of 35 winged helpers!

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January 15, 2009

In the “Largest Competition of American Wines in the World”, held in San Francisco every January and sought out by over 4,700 individual entries from all over America in 2009, our wines received the following honors:

Double Gold (1 awarded)

2007 Christopher Bridge Estate Pinot Gris

Silver

2006 Christopher Bridge Pinot Noir

2007 Christopher Bridge Estate Pinot Noir

May 1, 2009

The newest and most prestigious wine recognition program in the state ~ the Oregon Wine Awards ~ held at Waverley Country Club in Portland, Oregon on March 28th, featuring a prominent panel of respected Oregon wine professionals, buyers, writers and sommeliers, just released the following distinction:

Double Gold ~ Best of The Best

2007 Christopher Bridge Estate Pinot Noir

May 20, 2009

The 2009 Northwest Wine Summit, now in its 14th year and a major wine competition for the wineries of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, just released its medal results in the field of 1,000+ wines entered this year. The list of judging alumni is a veritable Who’s Who of the wine world and judges are not allowed to participate for more than one year. The Summit judging was once again conducted at Timberline Lodge on Oregon’s Mt. Hood.

Gold

2007 Christopher Bridge Estate Pinot Noir

December 4, 2009

Our Third Double Gold in 2009! Wine Press Northwest just released its Platinum Judging results: Best of the Best in the Great Northwest. A formidable line-up of gold medal winners from roughly 30 competitions nationwide. Selected Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Idaho wineries competed in the 450 entries strong judging this year.