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    Urban Bliss Life » Wine Tips » Oregon Wine » Chehalem Winery + Hi-Lo Hotel Collaboration: Hi-Lo Cuvée Wines

    Published: March 21, 2018 / Updated: May 6, 2022 by Marlynn Jayme Schotland · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Chehalem Winery + Hi-Lo Hotel Collaboration: Hi-Lo Cuvée Wines

    The Hi-Lo Cuvée wines from Chehalem Winery bring the best of three different vineyards from three Oregon wine AVAs to Hi-Lo Hotel guests in Portland, Oregon.

    Chehalem Winery wine bottles

    In Oregon's Willamette Valley, collaboration is the name of the game.

    Chefs regularly partner with one another to create limited-time collab creations. Distilleries partner with breweries, breweries partner with chocolatiers, chocolatiers partner with wineries. It's a beautiful circle that invigorates, inspires, and sustains the creative fire behind the Pacific Northwest food and beverage scene.

    And, it's that spirit of creative collaboration that Hi-Lo Hotel Manager Eric Paul enjoys bringing to his guests, via the Hi-Lo Cuvée wines they pour at the hotel.

    The Hi-Lo Hotel

    wine bottles

    The Hi-Lo Hotel is one of Portland's newest boutique hotels, catering to hip foodies, artists, young professionals, and savvy business travelers of all ages. Even though it's a short drive to Oregon wine country from downtown Portland, many travelers won't have the chance to do a full day of wine tours. The Hi-Lo Hotel brings a bit of Oregon wine country directly to guests via the Hi-Lo Cuvée, made by Chehalem Winery.

    Chehalem Winery

    Chehalem Winery

    To learn more about this partnership, I took a trip out to Chehalem Winery, which is less than 15 minutes from my house, in Newberg, Oregon.

    Chehalem Winery

    The winery's roots date back to 1980, and the Corral Creek Vineyard we toured was first planted in 1983, the same year that the Willamette Valley AVA was approved.

    Chehalem wines are made with an emphasis on balance, and they are made with grapes from three vineyards:

    • Ridgecrest Vineyards in the Ribbon Ridge AVA
    • Corral Creek Vineyards in the Willamette AVA, and
    • Stoller Vineyards in the Dundee Hills AVA.
    wine bottle and glass

    On the day of my visit, Chehalem Winery was releasing its 2017 Three Vineyard Rosé ($25/bottle). This is a truly elegant, graceful rosé with a lovely light salmon color. I need to go back and get a half case of this, stat! It's a smooth spring and summer porch sipper that is also exquisite and elegant enough to dress up any occasion.

    person holding wine glass
    red wine bottles

    In addition to this rosé, Chehalem Winery produces several pinot noirs, as well as riesling, pinot gris, chardonnay, pinot blanc, gamay noir, and a grüner veltliner.

    Chehalem Winery winemakers

    During our tour, Cellar Master Greg Martin (pictured above, left) and Associate Winemaker Katie Santora (pictured above, right) shared the history of Chehalem Winery vineyards, which

    They also pointed out the mass of solar panels that flank the top of Corral Creek Vineyard, which produce up to 50 percent of the winery's energy throughout most of the year, and up to 30% at busy harvest time. All three of Chehalem's vineyards are also LIVE (Low Input Viticulture and Enology) Certified Sustainable, and Salmon Safe certified.

    dog

    And of course, what Oregon winery would be complete without a winery/vineyard dog? We were greeted by several winery dogs during our tour, including Katie's dog Mani (picture above).

    I love Mani. I may just go back to the winery to visit Mani and the other awesome winery dogs.

    Chehalem Winery Hi-Lo Cuvée

     

    After touring the Corral Creek Vineyard, we did some barrel tasting and sampled the new 2017 Hi-Lo Cuvée Pinot Gris, which had yet to be officially bottled at that time.

    Lunch by Alto Bajo

    Our experience was capped off by a lovely spring luncheon, catered by Alto Bajo, the Hi-Lo Hotel's signature restaurant. Chef Chip Barnes, Brandon, and team prepared a feast by fire.

    Chehalem Winery
    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com
    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com

    On the menu:

    Guacamole "Alto" - housemade guacamole, salsa macha, Three Sister's Nixtamal tortilla chips

    Cochinita Pibil - Yucatan-style pork, pickled onions, habanero slaw, black beans, and white rice

    Tikin Xic - whole king salmon seasoned with annatto and banana leaf

    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com
    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com
    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com

    The food was beautifully prepared and presented, and the chefs did a wonderful job of highlighting Pacific Northwest fresh ingredients with traditional Mexican flavors. I can't wait to visit Alto Bajo soon to try more of their cooking!

    Chehalem Winery

    The Hi-Lo Cuvée

    Chehalem Winery Hi-Lo Cuvée

    With our delicious lunch at Chehalem Winery, we enjoyed the Hi-Lo Cuvées. The Hi-Lo Cuvée Pinot Gris and the Hi-Lo Cuvée Pinot Noir are both food-friendly, versatile wines that go from grape to bottle in less than a year. These are wonderful "drink now" wines that beautifully represent Oregon, thanks to grapes from the three different AVAs of Chehalem Winery's vineyards.

    At the Hi-Lo Hotel's restaurant and bar, you can enjoy the Hi-Lo Cuvée Pinot Gris for $9 per glass or $45 per bottle, and the Hi-Lo Cuvée Pinot Noir for $11 per glass or $55 per bottle. You can also purchase bottles in the hotel's shop.

    Dine at Alto Bajo

    Chehalem Winery spring luncheon with Alto Baja on UrbanBlissLife.com

    Alto Bajo restaurant & the Lo Bar
    310 SW Stark Street
    Portland, Oregon
    Visit www.AltoBajo.com for more information

    Visit Chehalem Winery

    Chehalem Winery

    Chehalem Tasting Room & Wine Bar
    106 South Center Street
    Newberg, Oregon 97132
    503.538.4700

    Chehalem Winery
    31190 NE Veritas Lane
    Newberg, Oregon 97132
    503.537.5553

    For more information, visit www.ChehalemWines.com

    I was invited to a media luncheon at Chehalem Winery and all opinions and photos in this article are, as always, my own.

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      1. Kyla Jocson says

        April 13, 2018 at 5:44 am

        Those food looks so mouth-watering! Got so many things to look forward to when I visit Portland :)

        Reply
      2. Create/Enjoy says

        March 22, 2018 at 8:36 pm

        I love that area. All sounds delicious! That restaurant, too!

        Reply
      3. Meg says

        March 22, 2018 at 5:42 pm

        Love Alto Bajo - all three meals I've had have been excellent. Looks like amazing food and I have no doubt that the food you were served was really good. The wines sound great, too. I gotta stop by Alto Bajo soon!

        Reply
      4. Albion says

        March 22, 2018 at 2:47 pm

        I've never been to the pacific northwest, but this alone makes me want to go! The wine sounds fantastic and that food looks amazing!

        Reply
      5. Myrah Duque says

        March 22, 2018 at 11:52 am

        Wished I would have discovered it when I visited Portland! Looks amazing!

        Reply
      6. Dami Adeleye says

        March 22, 2018 at 4:30 am

        I am so glad reading this. I guess it is a gem worth discovering. Thanks for sharing.

        Reply
      7. Becky says

        March 21, 2018 at 7:53 pm

        I just ate at Alto Bajo this past Monday for Portland Dining Month. I could not pick out one thing I didn't absolutely love. I'm so glad I read this right after visiting. I'll definitely be back. Hopefully they'll still have that wine!

        Reply

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