As I announced on my Twitter @Pechluck, Facebook page Pechluck’s Food Adventures, and Google+ Pechluck Food Adventures pages, I recently applied and was granted a Blogger Pass for Feast Portland 2013, September 19th-22nd!
The Blogger Pass gives me access to the Urbanspoon Media room for probably much needed charging of my phone, and also entrances to a couple of the many incredible events for Feast, such as the Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting presented by by Alaska Airlines and the various speaking events from the Whole Foods Speaker Series.
I have also purchased tickets out of my own pocket, full price, for two events that I also plan to cover, the Widmer Brothers Brewing Sandwich Invitational presented by Lincoln Motor Company and High Comfort at The Nines presented by Portland Monthly Magazine. I did not attend Feast last year, but just like last year, many events take place very close to where I live/I may pass by them on my commute home at locations such as Pioneer Courthouse Square, Director’s Park, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Multnomah Athletic Club. No more wistful wishing as I pass by this year! Well maybe some- I am not attending many other events that I wish I could!
Last year, it was reported that nearly 9,000 attended the September food festival on September 20-23 2012, and $23,000 was donated to each of the Feast Portland charity partners focused on fighting hunger: Share Our Strength and Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon.
This year, Feast Portland Food and Drink Festival returns to benefit these charity partners with the return of certain anchor food festival evenings offering tastes from famous chefs paired with many breweries and wineries, several speakers, a chef collaboration dinner series that pairs two chefs and a delicious drink partner, and hands on classes. This year they also have added a chef collaboration brunch series and a cookbook social!
The first event I wanted to give a preview of was the Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting presented by by Alaska Airlines. Tickets are $60 and the event takes place as part of Feast Portland on two days, Friday, September 20th and Saturday, Sept 21st 12:00pm – 5:00pm at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Please note that each day is a different all inclusive ticket… yes, look at the wonderful morsels in store!
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Description from the Feast website: Portland’s “living room,” Pioneer Courthouse Square, transforms into the city’s dining room for two days as dozens of the region’s most celebrated wineries, breweries, vendors, and artisans take over Downtown Portland’s most prime real estate for the festival’s premiere daytime event. Experience the scene, meet the chefs you’ve read about, discover the best Oregon wines and craft beers, and enjoy cooking demonstrations from celebrated chefs like Michael Voltaggio, Chris Cosentino, Jenn Louis, and Gabriel Rucker at the KitchenAid Main Demo Stage.
The Lineup
Friday-
- Dustin Clark, Wildwood (Portland, OR)
- Jenn Louis, Lincoln Restaurant (Portland, OR)
- Lompoc Brewing, (Portland, OR)
Saturday-
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- Chris Cosentino, Incanto (San Francisco, CA)
- Kyo Koo, clarklewis (Portland, OR)
- Naomi Pomeroy, Expatriate, Beast (Portland, OR)
- Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon (Portland, OR)
- Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, (Hood River, OR)
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Both days-
- Base Camp Brewing Company, (Portland, OR)
- Deschutes Brewery, (Bend, OR)
- Double Mountain Brewery, (Hood River, OR)
- Fort George Brewery, (Astoria, OR)
- Full Sail Brewing Company, (Hood River, OR)
- Gigantic Brewing, (Portland, OR)
- Hopworks Urban Brewery, (Portland, OR)
- Laurelwood Brewing Company, (Portland, OR)
- McMenamins Pubs & Breweries, (Portland, OR)
- Ninkasi Brewing, (Eugene, OR)
- Sasquatch Brewery, (Portland, OR)
- Widmer Brothers Brewing, (Portland, OR)
- Adelsheim Vineyard, Adelsheim Vineyard (Newberg, OR)
- Anne Amie Vineyards, Anne Amie Vineyards (Carlton, OR)
- Apolloni Vineyards, Apolloni Vineyards (Forest Grove, OR)
- Archery Summit, (Dayton, OR)
- Artisanal Wine Cellars, Artisanal Wine Cellars (Newberg, OR)
- Bergstrom Wines, Bergstrom Wines (Newberg, OR)
- Biggio Hamina Cellars, Biggio Hamina Cellars (McMinnville, OR)
- Boedecker Cellars, Boedecker Cellars (Portland, OR)
- Chehalem, Chehalem (Newberg, OR)
- Coleman Vineyard, Coleman Vineyard (McMinnville, OR)
- Columbia Crest Grand Estates, Columbia Crest Grand Estates (Patterson, WA)
- Columbia Crest H3, Columbia Crest H3 (Patterson, WA)
- Division Winemaking Co., (Portland, OR)
- Domaine Serene, Domaine Serene (Willamette Valley, OR)
- Durant Vineyards, Durant Vineyards (Dundee, OR)
- Elk Cove Vineyards, Elk Cove Vineyards (Gaston, OR)
- Erath, Erath (Dundee, OR)
- Hawks View Cellars, Hawks View Cellars (Sherwood, OR)
- King Estate, King Estate (Eugene, OR)
- Montinore Estates, Montinore Estates (Forest Grove, OR)
- Northstar, Northstar (Walla Walla, WA)
- Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars (Newberg, OR)
- Ponzi Vineyards, Ponzi Vineyards (Beaverton, OR)
- RoxyAnn Winery, RoxyAnn Winery (Medford, OR)
- Sokol Blosser, Sokol Blosser (Dayton, OR)
- Soter Vineyards, Soter Vineyards (Carlton, OR)
- Spring Valley Vineyard, Spring Valley Vineyard (Walla Walla, WA)
- Tendril Wine Cellars, Tendril Wine Cellars (Carlton, OR)
- Thistle, Thistle (Dundee, OR)
- Union Wine Company, Union Wine Company (Sherwood, OR)
- Van Duzer Vineyards, Van Duzer Vineyards (Dallas, OR)
- Willamette Valley Vineyards, Willamette Valley Vineyards (Turner, OR)
- Alma Chocolate, (Portland, OR)
- Ancient Heritage Dairy, (Madras, OR)
- Bee Local, (Portland, OR)
- Brazi Bites, (Portland, OR)
- Bunches & Bunches, (Portland, OR)
- Hot Lips Soda, (Portland, OR)
- Jacobsen Salt Co., (Tillamook, OR)
- Kelly’s Jelly, (Lake Oswego, OR)
- Crave Bake Shop, (Lake Oswego, OR)
- Masala Pop, (Portland, OR)
- Oregon Olive Mill, (Dundee, OR)
- Pacific Pie Company, (Portland, OR)
- Random Order, (Portland, OR)
- Salt & Straw, (Portland, OR)
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters, (Portland, OR)
- Tabor Bread, (Portland, OR)
Check out some highlights on video from the 2012 event below. You can also view the Photo Essay of the event from the Oregonian here that has photos from this event and others from Feast Portland 2012.
Update – After attending the event, you can see my recap here
Disclosure: This post is part of my series “Counting Down to Feast Portland” where I talk about events I plan to attend as part of this 4 day food and drink festival September 19-22, 2013. The goal of Feast Portland is to raise money for two Portland charity partners focused on fighting hunger: Share Our Strength and Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon. I was granted a Bloggers Pass for Feast Portland 2013, and asked to help promote Feast but they did not require that I write this post and I am not otherwise being compensated. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own, and I will always provide my honest opinion and assessment of all products and experiences regardless of whether they were complimentary or not.
Lucky! That will be a ton of fun…and rather tasty. 🙂
I’m so excited about it I’m counting down the days! I would say it’s as equally exciting as the trip to Maui I’m taking at the of this month, that’s how fun and tasty I think it will be!
Sounds like a fun event!
It sounds like a great way to try lots of different options, I can only hope the weather will be great!
I’m so excited to hear that you are going to be covering Feast! So cool. I can’t wait to hear about your experiences. I’m going to try to make it to some of the events… perhaps I’ll see you there.
I’m very excited to hear it too! I hope to see you at some of the events!