Slide Show: Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting

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Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting

All photos by Allison Jones.

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The lines were long to get into the packed tasting tent, where ticket holders were rewarded with three straight hours of feasting.

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Once the doors opened, Feasters were unleased onto the dozens of vendors hoping to offer up a taste of their primo products.

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On hand was Jacobsen Salt Co.'s Ben Jacobsen, serving up Grand Central bread topped with Rose Valley butter, Bee Local honey, and his own hand-harvested Oregon sea salt.

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Laura Gordon, Director of Sales & Marketing at Apolloni Vineyards, displayed the recent Portland Monthly 50 Best Oregon Wines issue that highlighted Apolloni's 2009 Pinot Noir as a top ten pick. Also at the tasting was our #1 and #2 picks, both from White Rose Vineyard.

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Attendees with a sweet tooth were well taken care of: On the left, Grand Central's berry pies, and on the right, Marionberry Ginger pocket pies from Crave.

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Excitement all around, including reps at Hopworks Urban Brewery and NW Elixer's Andrew Garrett.

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After a few glasses of wine, attendees were welcomed into the USA Pears Portlania-fied "tattoo pearlor" for custom airbrushed tattoos.

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