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Let’s pour up!
Division Winemaking Company is an award-winning urban winery in Portland, Oregon. Division represents a fresh generation of curious winemaking looking beyond the status quo to create unique wines from diverse grape varieties with both intention and a story.
Division Winemaking Company is a wine oasis in the heart of Inner SE Portland. Co-owners and co-winemakers Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe make approachable and balanced low intervention wines with great price to quality value. Kate and Tom work with terroir-expressive vineyards, focused on organic, regenerative and/or Biodynamic® farming.
We look forward to raising a glass with you in person! Division Winemaking Company is open for walk-in wine tastings. Reservations are still preferred, but we will take walk-in tastings based on availability.
Division Winemaking Company @ The Wine Yard
2005 SE 8th Ave
Portland, OR 97214
Winter Tasting Room Hours
Tuesday-Saturday 2-6:30 pm (walk-ins and reservations welcome)
503.208.2061
[email protected]
Events
Drink Chenin Celebration
Thursday, July 11 | 5:00-7:00 pm
We started Drink Chenin years ago to promote the magic of the grape here in the U.S.
We’re joined in the Drink Chenin celebration by our winery friends Landmass, Evening Land, The Marigny, Bow & Arrow, and distributor friends PDX Wines + Lone Wolf Wines.
We’ll have tastes from each of these wineries along with a few Worldwide stunners from two of our fave importers.
You can also pair Loire cheeses from La Femme Fromage to level up your celebration.
We hope you join the celebration @ the Wine Yard with us! 2005 SE 8th Ave
Thursday, July 11 | 5:00-7:00 pm
🍷 Wines by Division Winemaking, St Reginald // The Marigny, Landmass, Bow & Arrow, Evening Land, PDX Wines & Lone Wolf Wines
🧀 Loire cheeses by La Femme Fromage (sold separately)
Fridaze with Cafe Olli
Friday, July 12 | 5-8 pm
Celebrate summer in our courtyard with Cafe Olli slinging wood-fired pies and us pouring delicious wine under the summer sun.
There will be beer for your non-wine-drinking friends, and we’ll have tunes pumping by a local DJ or band.
Fridaze is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed. We can’t wait to pizza party with you all summer long!
🗓️ Friday, July 12 | 5-8 pm
🍷 Wine by Division Winemaking
🍕 Pizza by Cafe Olli
🍻 Beer by Breakside Brewing + N/A options
🔊 Live Music
🎟️ FREE to attend with no RSVP needed
Bacchanal Goes West
Friday July 19 – Sunday July 21
This July, New Orleans legends Bacchanal WInes will join us at the winery for three days FILLED with food, wine, and NOLA-style revelry!
Don’t miss the wine party of the year, happening for one weekend only, July 19th through 21st!
We’ll be welcoming chef and co-owner Joaquin Rodas and his team as they present a special menu of Bacchanal’s greatest hits, capped by the ⭐️ star attraction ⭐️ freshly flown in Jumbo Louisiana Shrimp, which they will be grilling to perfection in the courtyard at The Wine Yard!
Stay posted for the full menu, but since it’s sure to be a sell out, we are offering advanced pre-sale on the grilled shrimp for you to reserve ahead of time (presale info below!)
And of course there will be wine… Kate and Tom – along with Bacchanal wine director Katie Singer – will highlight some bottles of their favorites from wineries around the world to capture the true Bacchanal Wines vibe (if you’ve been, you know!)
Plus, we’re excited to announce the following special guest winemakers each day of the weekend the weekend – these wineries are also special friends of the Bacchanal fam and we can’t wait to party with them too! Drum roll for the guest winemaker line up :
🍷 // Boyd Pearson of Redolent Wines & Anne Amie and Kim McCleod of Anne Amie on Friday evening!
🍷 // Andy Young of St. Reginald’s Parish and The Marigny wines, who left behind a career as a rock drummer in the NOLA and TX scene a decade ago to make low-intervention wines in the Willamette Valley on Saturday
🍷 // Willamette Valley darlings Renée & Grant Coulter of Hundred Suns Wines on Sunday!
And you bet that no NOLA themed weekend would be complete without LIVE MUSIC – which we will be rolling out details on in the coming weeks so keep your ears peeled!
EVENT DETAILS
🗓️ Friday, July 19 | 5-10 pm
🗓️ Saturday, July 20 | 3-10 pm
🗓️ Sunday, June 21 | 5-8 pm
🍷 Wine by @divisionwineco @redolentwine @anneamiewines @marignywines @hundredsunswine and more!
🍽🦐 @bacchanalwine (full menu coming soon)
⚜️🎵🎺 Live Music To be announced soon!
This event is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed, however VERY LIMITED quantities of grilled Louisiana shrimp can be pre-ordered in advance to guarantee you don’t miss out! 🎟️ 🦐
***UPDATE*** Shrimp pre-sale is sold out on all days! There will be a limited amount of additional shrimp orders available at the event each day so be sure to come early if you missed the pre-order and want some!
Pre-Order Shrimp Friday – SOLD OUT
Last Chance Bottle Sale
Thursday, July 25 | 4:30-6:30 pm
We’re dipping into our cellar and library to bring you some special last bottles at even more special prices
Expect rare one-off wines at deep discounts and some fun bottles open for you to try for one day only.
This tasting is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed.
🗓️ Thursday, July 25 | 4:40-6:30 pm
🍷 Wine by Division Winemaking
🎟️ FREE to attend with no RSVP needed
Fridaze with Cafe Olli
Friday, July 26 | 5-8 pm
Celebrate summer in our courtyard with Cafe Olli slinging wood-fired pies and us pouring delicious wine under the summer sun.
There will be beer for your non-wine-drinking friends, and we’ll have tunes pumping!
Fridaze is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed. We can’t wait to pizza party with you all summer long!
🗓️ Friday, July 26 | 5-8 pm
🍷 Wine by Division Winemaking
🍕 Pizza by Cafe Olli
🍻 Beer by Breakside Brewing + N/A options
🔊 Music
🎟️ FREE to attend with no RSVP needed
Dahlia Extravaganza
Thursday, August 1 | 5:3o-7 pm
Celebrate the Start of the amazing Oregon Dahlia Season with a bouquet making workshop at the winery lead by Staci Gundry of the Angry Florist!
Sip , arrange and savor the season! Plus take your blooms to enjoy at home!
🗓️ Thursday,August 1| 5:30-7 pm
🍷 Division Winemaking
🎟️ Tickets: $37 (includes arrangement instruction + your bouquet to take home!)
*** Ticket sales end Monday 7/29 at 5:00pm PST***
👋 We hope to see you here! 👋
Get Dahlia Extravaganza Tickets
An Asado with Comparta
Saturday August 3 | 5-8 pm
Our very last of this style pop up for the summer celebrates the amazing food of Angie Barrios! Her pop-up Comparta will be featuring an amazing Asado – stay posted for menu updates!
There will be beer and NAs for your non-wine-drinking friends, and we’ll have tunes pumping!
This Pop Up is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed. We can’t wait to pizza party with you all summer long!
🗓️ Saturday, August 3 | 5-8 pm
🍷 Wine by Division Winemaking
🍕 Asado by Comparta
🍻 Beer by Breakside Brewing + N/A options
🔊 Music
🎟️ FREE to attend with no RSVP needed
A Blind Date Tasting Party
Thursday, August 8 | 6:00-8:00 pm
Have you ever wondered how wine pros blind taste a wine and can guess the variety, the region, even the vintage?!
Well, we are going to set up our very own Tom Monroe and sommelier and owner of Arden Kelsey Glass on “Wine Tasting Blind Date” to give you the tools and techniques that sommeliers and wine professionals around the world use to deduce to help determine what’s in the glass in front of you without looking at the label!
Kelsey and Tom are sure this taste breakdown rendezvous will help you not only better understand what’s in your glass, but learn a great way to experience and have fun wine with your friends and family.
Here are the details…
– There will be 6 wines to taste blind, each could be white or red and will be a primary well known grape variety.
– Kelsey and Tom (The blind date duo) will walk you through basics of how deductive blind tastings process works
– The blind date duo will each take a stab and identifying the first two wines, which they won’t know ahead of time what it is
– They will help the group through the next two wines and then will look fora few of the of the event guests to try and figure out the last two blind tastes!
Don’t sleep on your tickets – we only have 12 spots available for this event!
Thursday, August 8 | 6:00-7:30 pm
🍷 Wines by Division Winemaking & Abroad
Cost: $35 p/ guest ($25 for wine club members)
Third Thursdays
August Edition
Thursday, August 15 | 5-7 pm
Join us for our monthly FREE tasting with our building partner, Rossini Winery, and our guests Portland Wine Company, Tiernan Connor Cellars and Flipturn Cellars
We’ll be opening bottles, sharing stories, building community, and having a good ole time with a whole bunch of friends! 🎉
In addition to complimentary tastes, you can get glass pours plus bottles to take home as well as delicious cheeses buy local cheese 🌟 La Femme Fromage
So stop by for a great way to discover and support local winemakers.
🗓️ Thursday, August 15 | 5-7 pm
🍷 Division, Rossini Winery, Portland Wine Co, Tiernan Connor Cellars + Flipturn Cellars
🧀 by La Femme Fromage
🎟️ Free tasting with no RSVP!
The Very Last
Fridaze of the Summer
with Cafe Olli
Friday, August 16 | 5-8 pm
Celebrate summer 2024 in our courtyard for the very last time with Cafe Olli slinging wood-fired pies and us pouring delicious wine under the summer sun.
There will be beer for your non-wine-drinking friends, and we’ll have tunes pumping!
Fridaze is FREE to attend with no RSVP needed. We can’t wait to pizza party with you all summer long!
🗓️ Friday, August 16 | 5-8 pm
🍷 Wine by Division Winemaking
🍕 Pizza by Cafe Olli
🍻 Beer by Breakside Brewing + N/A options
🔊 Music
🎟️ FREE to attend with no RSVP needed
Cascadia Contact –
Pacific NW Orange Wine Tasting
Thursday, August 22 | 5:00-7:00 pm
Celebrate and share in the love of Orange Wines at our tasting featuring some our favorites made in the Pacific NW
We’re joined in our Cascadia Contact – A PacNW Orange Wine celebration by the following amazing list of winery friends
Buona Notte Wines
Day Wines
Division Winemaking
Fossil and Fawn Wines
Johan Vineyards
Grochau Wines
Limited Addition Wines
Maloof Wines
The Marigny Wines
Ovum Wines
Pray Tell Wines
Troon Vineyards
Pray Tell Wines
We’ll have tastes from each of these wineries poured by their teams along with cheeses from La Femme Fromage to level up your celebration.
We hope you join the orange fun with us! Tickets are just $15 to taste all the wines!
Thursday, August 22 | 5:00-7:00 pm @ The Wine Yard 2005 SE 8th Ave
🍷 Orange Wines by PAC NW wineries
🧀 Loire cheeses by La Femme Fromage (sold separately)
Experiences
Division Wine Tasting
Taste through a range of our Portland-produced wines (and an inspiration wine or two) with a knowledgeable member of our team. We update our tasting lineup regularly to align with the season and what wines are tasting best.
Wine club members receive unlimited complimentary1 tastings for groups of up to 4 people.
👥 $25 per person23 – groups of 1-6
🍷 Wine tasting + nibble by Cafe Olli included
🧀 Meat + cheese board add-ons by Olympia Provisions available only via reservation4
⏰ 60-75 minute appointment
🗓️ Walk-Ins and reservations available Tuesday-Saturday 2-6:30 pm. Reservation only on Sunday and Monday 2-6:30 pm5. Note that wine tasting reservations are preferred and do take priority.
🚶 Winery tours are available by request dependent on scheduling
🆓 Free Wine Tastings for former SEWC club members – As a thank you to our O.G. supporters, we’re offering one-time free tastings to former SEWC club members and up to 3 guests. To receive the free tasting, include the name on your SEWC club membership and SEWC club member # in the reservation notes at Step 2 during checkout to ensure you will not be charged.
1Meat + cheese board add-ons are not complimentary. Are you a club member and want to add a board? No Problem! The difference will be charged to your account 48 hours ahead of your reservation.
2A $5 per guest service charge will be charged at the end of your reservation.
3For every $100+ wine purchase or a wine club signup on the day of the reservation we will waive up to 2 wine tasting fees.
4Meat + cheese board selections are for the whole reservation. Please include a note at checkout with any dietary restrictions, and we will assist with possible accommodations.
5If none of our set reservation times work for you, please reach out to [email protected] for possible additional availability.
Wine By the Glass or Bottle
Choose your own adventure! Enjoy a glass of a selected range of our wines, or any of our bottles in our beautiful tasting room. Our available glasses are constantly rotating to keep the experience fresh!
🍷 Glasses start at $12
🍾 Bottles start at $20 + $10 corkage opened at tasting room
👋 No reservation necessary
➗ Wine club members get $2 off glasses & corkage waived
Bottle Shop
Every day that the winery is open for tastings, you can swing by and buy a bottle! There’s no need for a reservation for the bottle shop.
Winter Hours
🗓️ Tuesday-Saturday 2-6:30 pm
Large Groups + Private Events + Meetings
Are you looking to throwing a party for more than 8 people or want to host a meeting or a special event? Well, we love to party! For groups larger than eight, reservations and inquiries to host a private event, hop over to our Private Events page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I get charged ahead of my reservation?
We charge reservations 48 hours in advance.
Do I tip on the day of my reservation?
There will be a 20% service charge on the day of the reservation, but you are free to tip on top of that service charge.
Can I add on the meat & cheese boards at the tasting?
Unfortunately, no. All meat & cheese board add-ons must be confirmed 48 hours in advance of your reservation.
What if I love the wine and buy a bunch of bottles at the tasting?
We hope you do! For every $100+ wine purchase or a wine club signup on the day of the reservation we will waive up to 2 wine tasting fees.
I’m a wine club member. What kind of special treatment do I receive?
Wine club members receive unlimited complimentary tastings for groups of up to 4 people. If you are interested in joining a club ahead of your tasting, please note that we require a one-year commitment upon joining any of our clubs.
What if I forget to cancel my tasting reservation and get charged?
We do not offer any refunds for those who forgot to cancel or no show their reservation. If you forget to cancel before 48 hours ahead of your reservation and reach out to us, we will use 50% of your tasting reservation fee as credit towards a $150+ purchase from our website.
What if I need to edit my reservation to add or remove guests?
We are happy to edit your reservation at no cost outside of 48 hours before your reservation. If you need to edit your reservation within 48 hours of your reservation and reach out to us, we will use your tasting reservation fee as credit towards a $150+ purchase from our website on the day of the reservation. We do not offer any refunds on meat, cheese, or meat & cheese boards within 48 hours of your reservation, but you are free to take any extra food home with you.
Do you offer any non-alcoholic options?
Having an option to reach for a beverage that feels celebratory, thoughtful, artisanal and special while also having no alcohol feels not only inclusive, but also a way to help bring balance into our sphere. Something for all to enjoy at any time, together.
When you make your reservation, please let us know you would like a non-alcoholic option included in your tasting. Also, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions.
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