Sunday, March 16, 2008

VIP Tours


Oregon Wine Tours was recently chosen to provide a VIP tour to her Excellency Claudia Fritsche; Ambassador of the principality of Liechtenstein. We were referred to the Ambassador by two resources as being the best tour company in the area. We were able to provide a very high end tour for the Ambassador and her group with private tastings with some of the areas best wineries. Pictured is Doug Tunnell of Brick House Winery showing the Ambassador his vineyards and the surrounding Chehalem Ridge AVA. We also were able to provide an excellent lunch thanks to the help of the Dundee Bistro. They were able to set up an excellent meal on short notice for us and did a splendid job.
The ambassador was in town for a speaking engagement at Lewis and Clarke college and for an opening at Lawrence Galleries in Portland for a prominent artist from Liechtenstein. Being from a family that has made wine for hundreds of years, she loved the beauty of Oregon's wine country and enjoyed the local wines very much.
I really appreciate being referred to the Ambassador and her group. I think we have worked hard to be recommended to such a high profile person and I'm proud to be thought of so highly.
Remember though, the reason I started this was to be able to make sure that anyone could walk into a tasting room and not feel intimidated. When you join us on a tour, I want you to meet the people that have created that passion for wine in me and experience that for yourself first hand.

Cheers!

Ron

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