DIVISION WINEMAKING COMPANY CELEBRATES SIXTH VINTAGE RELEASE WITH LAUNCH OF INAUGURAL WINE CLUB

Representing a new generation of winemakers, the pioneering urban winery offers a taste of Oregon through new and unique wine varietals

Known for their passionate promotion of lesser-known wine varietals and minimalist manipulation winemaking, Division Winemaking Company’s (DWC) founders Kate Norris and Tom Monroe will launch a two-tiered membership-based wine club featuring all DWC wines. Be a part of the inaugural wine club from the Portland urban winery, a great way to taste your way through new wines, learn about unique varietals, and experience the next wave of Oregon and Washington winemaking with select wines sent to your door or available for pick up at the winery twice a year. Coinciding with the winery’s sixth vintage release, wine club members will receive a selection from DWC’s 21 wines produced from 10 varietals, which include Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Rose, Chenin, Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Cot, Syrah, and Grenache.

The two-tier wine club will feature the “Undivided” collection with six wines shipped twice a year and the “Divide and Conquer” with a customer choice of twelve wines, also released twice per year. There is no fee to join, just a $50 deposit for first-time members that is applied as credit on the second shipment. Additional benefits include discounts on bottles, complimentary flights at the SE Wine Collective, yearly tasting appointments and invitations to release parties and special events. For more information visit divisionwineco.com.

To celebrate the launch of the new Division Winemaking Company wine club and the 2016 spring releases, DWC will throw a shindig at the SE Wine Collective on May 7th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Guests will be able to try a variety of wines, and enjoy bites from SE Wine Collective chef Althea Grey Potter. The event is complimentary for club members, $10 for guests that sign up for the wine club at the event, and $20 for general admission tickets.

Division Winemaking Wine Club

Option 1: “Undivided”

6 bottles, 2 times a year, and receive a 10% discount on these wines.

Spring Offerings:

2015 DWCV L’Avoiron Gamay Rose

2015 DWC Pinot Noir Rose

2015 DWCV Petits Fers Gamay

2014 DWC Chardonnay Trois Cooper Mountain

2014 DWC Pinot Noir Deux Vista Hills

2014 DWC Pinot Noir Cinq Armstrong

Option 2: “Divide and Conquer”

12 bottles 2 times a year, you choose the wines from the following selections and receive a 15% discount on these wines.

Spring Offerings:

2015 DWCV L’Avoiron Gamay Rose

2015 DWC Pinot Noir Rose

2015 DWCV Petits Fers Gamay

2015 DWCV Beton

2014 DWC Chardonnay Trois Cooper Mountain

2014 DWC Pinot Noir Deux Vista Hills

2014 DWC Pinot Noir Cinq Armstrong

2014 DWC Pinot Noir Six Red Hills

 

Early Sign-Up Incentive:

• Sign up ahead of the release event (until end of business on May 6th)) and receive a bottle of 2014 Pinot Noir “Un” for “$Un” ($1) dollar – to be picked up at the event or mailed with your first shipment.

Club Incentives:

• Invitation to the year’s Summer party –This year is the 5 year anniversary party featuring verticals (Undivided and Divide and Conquer)
• Fixed rate shipping by region subject to change with each release (Undivided and Divide and Conquer)
• 10% discount on all bottles under a case, 15% discount on over a case (Undivided
• 15% discount on all bottles (Divide and Conquer)
• Complimentary SE Wine Collective Club Flights for 2 people 2x a year at the SE Wine Collective Wine Bar during open hours(Undivided)
• Complimentary SE Wine Collective Club Flights for 4 people 4x a year at the SE Wine Collective Wine Bar during open hours(Divide and Conquer)
• Yearly tasting appointment with Division’s winemaking staff( Divide and Conquer)
• Invitation to release parties (Undivided and Divide and Conquer)
• Invitations to national in-market events (Undivided and Divide and Conquer)

Club requirements:

$50 deposit towards 2nd shipment – 1 year membership required

About Division Winemaking Company

“Pair with good times, good food and good people” is the philosophy of the Division Winemaking Company, founded in 2010 by Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe. Inspired by the wineries of Loire, Burgundy and the Northern Rhone, the urban winery creates sustainable and unique varietals of minimalist approach Oregon wines including Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Rose, Chenin, Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Cot, Syrah, and Grenache. Division Winemaking Company (DWC) includes the Division Winemaking Company label, the more approachable Division-Villages label and as well as Gamine inspired by the Rhone Valley and a personal expression of co-founder Kate Norris’ love of the region. Both Norris and Monroe have been passionate about wine for most of their lives, for Monroe it started with an entry level sommelier course in college, for Norris it was spending time at her family home in the Loire Valley, France. Once the pair decided to trade cubicles for winery cellars, Norris’ family home in France proved to be a perfect place for their immersion into viticulture and enology. DWC represents a new generation of winemakers that are looking beyond the status quo to create unique styles of wine, with a purpose, a story and without traditional barriers, embarking on what Norris calls “the Oregon adventure.” Norris and Monroe have been leaders in pursuing the Oregon-Loire Valley confluence, cultivating grapes that are native to the French winemaking region known for Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Gamay. From their minimal intervention approach, focusing on terroir and true varietal expression over more industrialized techniques, to their promotion of unique varietals through pioneering campaigns like #DrinkChenin, their award winning wines serve as an example for sustainable production and connection between the old world experience and applying it in a new world environment.

DWC has been named an Oregon Winery to Watch by Wine Press Northwest, winemakers to watch in the San Francisco Chronicle article, All you wanted to know about this year’s Winemakers to Watch, and featured in a 2016 Punch article on wineries pioneering the Oregon-Loire Valley confluence. DWC wines have been featured in a number of articles including the Division 2012 Willamette Valley Gamay Noir as the number one pick by Eric Asimov in the New York Times article Wines for Thanksgiving the Refresh the Palate, the 2013 Division-Villages “Les Petits Fers” Gamay Noir in the San Francisco Chronicle article 2014 Top 100 Wines: Zinfandel and Other Reds, the inaugural #DrinkChenin day was featured in the Wall Street Journal, in 2016 the Gamay Noir was highlighted in Wine Enthusiast, the Chenin Blanc was featured by Eater in 2016, and the winery was named one of the top urban wineries by Wine Enthusiast in 2015. The 2011 Gamay Noir was also the only wine from the United States to win a gold medal at the 2014 International Competition of Gamay in France. Find more information at www.divisionwinemakingcompany.com, Facebook Division Winemaking Company, Twitter @divisionwineco or by calling 503-208-2061.