{"id":3210,"date":"2015-10-15T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.portland.wordcamp.org\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2015-11-07T18:44:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T02:44:28","slug":"after-party-venue-enso-urban-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/after-party-venue-enso-urban-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Our After-Party Venue \u2014 Enso Urban Winery!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Enso<\/a>A Winery (🍷) in the middle of Urbane Southeast Portland? It cannot be, you say! Oh, but folks, it’s true, it’s delicious, and it’s all ours for the evening after our big day at WordCamp Portland 2015! Yay!<\/p>\n

We are very happy to announce that our venue for our WordCamp Portland 2015 After-Party will be held at the highly-rated Enso Winery<\/a>, a wonderful Portland Urban Winery right here in town.<\/p>\n

\"Enso<\/a>What is an Urban Winery, you may ask? Enso<\/a> sources grapes from the finest vineyards<\/a> all around our local region, from across the river in Washington along the Columbia River Gorge<\/a> down to Portland’s own Wine region<\/a> throughout Yamhill County and beyond. They create in micro-vats their own special, limited edition bottled vintages for their label at the Stark Street location, as well as keeping on hand well-chosen vintages from other top, local wineries and some great micro-brew beer.
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Enso<\/a> is a classic Portland start-up story: they started in the garage of their winemaker, Ryan Sharp<\/a>, and grew quickly into… another garage! Well, what used to be an automotive garage\/storefront on S.E. Stark Street. WordCamp Portland is pretty choosy about our after-party venues, and this is no exception \u2014 Sharp’s Enso Winery<\/a> was named Willamette Week’s 2014 Bar Of The Year<\/a>. Here’s a quote from their article \u2014<\/p>\n

\"Enso<\/a>After just shy of three years on Southeast Stark Street, Enso has evolved into nothing less than a new model for what the wine bar can be.<\/p>\n

This is not merely because Enso is part of that new wave of urban-winery garagistes \u2014 although, we’ll admit, we’re suckers for looking up from our cheese plate and seeing 120 pounds of grapes being crushed in the backroom, right by a piano that the winery stores for a musician friend as a favor.<\/p>\n

And it’s not just because of the quality of their wine, although if they hung their hat on their full, fruity zinfandel or their tannic, leathery mourv\u00e8dre, we’d shamelessly drink it right out of that hat.<\/p>\n

What Enso has created is a bar full of excellent local wine that is casual and pleasant and, most important, completely unpretentious. It’s comfortable both for the snob and the casual happy-hour drinker. You could bring a 22-year-old fashion-plate date, your stern-minded boss or your next-door neighbor, and all would find themselves served well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Enso<\/a>Enso also features their own Tasting Lounge and Barrel Room (which WordCamp Portland will be completely taking over for the evening!), “The Inner Circle” Wine Club<\/a>, which, for agreeing to purchase a certain number of their bottles per month or quarter, gets you special discounts and tasting events, and great cheeses, meets, fruit and other snacks to pair with their absolutely delicious vintages. In other words, the perfect place to kick back and enjoy after a full day of WordCamp.<\/p>\n

Do check out Enso’s menu<\/a> of Table Blends<\/a>, Varietal<\/a> & Signature Wines<\/a> (Bubbles even!), and food & snack plates<\/a> all at their web site. You’ll see Enso is just the place to get your wine on!<\/p>\n

\"Enso<\/a>Concerned because you don’t imbibe alcohol or are under legal drinking age? No worries, friends! Because we have booked the entire venue just for ourselves that evening, Enso has a special permit from OLCC<\/a> to accommodate all ages, and there will be plenty of non-alcoholic drinks and great food trays to enjoy; as well as, of course, hob-nobbing and networking about everything you’ve learned and are now planning with your fellow WordCampers \u2014 the real reason for any after-party!<\/p>\n

Directions and Details to Enso Winery<\/a> after WordCamp Portland 2015 at the Eliot Center<\/a> are below. We hope to pop quite a few corks, let the vino pour and enjoy the wind down after a big WordCamp Portland day. See all of you there!<\/p>\n

Location<\/h2>\n

Enso Winery<\/a>
\n1416 SE Stark Street (Google Map)<\/a>
\nPortland, OR 97214
\n(503) 683-3676<\/a>
\nensowinery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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