Grains & Grapes Adventure Travel: Tour de Oregon

You Asked, We Listened.

Announcing…Amusée Excursions!  

Wine and Beer Global Travel led by certified beverage professionals:  Sommelier Leslee Miller & Cicerone Michael Agnew.

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For years, both my cicerone and I have been asked by YOU! (our many loyal Amusée/A Perfect Pint fans) to lead wine/beer excursions across the globe.  imgres-1

As our businesses have expanded and our relationships with breweries and wineries have globally strengthened, we feel it is time to share our insatiable love for not only beer & wine but our extreme passion for international travel with you!

This year, already jam packed with a thrilling schedule of wine and beer adventures from Oregon to Germany — Michael and I feel very passionately about sharing our first trip announcement:  Tour de Oregon.  A trip that has taken us well over a year to plan (because we wanted it be THAT special!), is now ready for purchase.  As former director to Archery Summit Winery and resident to cities Portland and Dundee, Oregon – I am, personally, so very excited to share this trip with you as I can promise you it will not only be a trip of a lifetime for all, but an immaculate VIP travel experience for wine/beer enthusiasts!

Tour de Oregon ~ November 4-8, 2015

Start your journey in Oregon’s ‘City of Roses’ — Portland!  Explore a myriad of Portland’s food and libation culture as we lead you through some of the city’s most coveted food sites and pairings.  Enjoy a combo of privately led brewery tours by some of the city’s most talented brewmasters, taste from a variety of Portland’s legendary food-carts and savor a perfectly paired chef/sommelier wine dinner in the heart of the city’s Pearl District.  

Then travel to one of the world’s most envied, world-class sites for Pinot Noir – the Willamette imgresValley!  We’ll stay in one of Condé Naste’s 2014 Top 25 Resorts, the Allison Inn & Spa, (named by the magazine ‘a jewel of a resort’) for the following three days as we tour the terroir of the valley’s finest restaurants and wineries.  Enjoy ‘privileged access’ to many of the Pacific Northwest’s most talked about wine country experiences, as you sip your way through an array of fantastic Willamette Valley winery tours and tastings, savor an afternoon walk through the Jory clay soils of a Dundee vineyard tour, and experience a lavish winery cave dinner paired to one of the valley’s most celebrated Pinot Noir house’s exclusive portfolio.  Not only will you appreciate the wine growing attributes of the valley, but you’ll spend an afternoon with head brewmaster and Oregon’s newest brewery, Wolves and People, for a brewmaster’s luncheon – experiencing a collection of the brewery’s gems paired to the Allison Inn’s award-winning food.  

As if our adventure hasn’t already been a whirlwind of unbelievable experiences, we wrap up our weekend with a gorgeous private dinner nestled amongst a tiny Dundee restaurant featuring a specially hand-crafted menu, coupled with beer and wine pairings selected by the hosts of your trip, Sommelier Leslee Miller and Cicerone Michael Agnew.  Truly an excursion you will be talking about for years to come, as you enjoy this VIP travel experience.  A trip laid out exactly the way that your favorite sommelier and cicerone would plan for themselves when they head to beer and wine territory!  

Trip Inclusions:

  • 1 night stay at the historic Heathman Hotel, downtown Portland
  • 3 night stay at Condé Naste’s award-winning inn, The Allison Inn & Spa
  • Full Luxury Coach Travel from the Heathman Hotel to the Willamette Valley and all its included adventures
  • 2 Brewery Tour & Tastings in the city of Portland
  • 2 hotel breakfasts
  • A Brewmaster’s luncheon with Wolves & People Brewery owner, Christian DeBenedetti, at the Allison Inn & Spa
  • A winery luncheon with winemaker & owner of Youngberg Hill Winery, Wayne Bailey
  • A private winery cave dinner at Archery Summit Winery
  • A Beer/Wine paired dinner at Reds Hills Provincial Dining
  • A Chef/Sommelier paired dinner at Blue Hour Restaurant of Portland’s historic, Pearl District
  • 3 Willamette Valley winery Tour & Tastings (Youngberg Hill, Colene Clemens & Argyle Wineries)
  • An afternoon guided vineyard tour through some of the valley’s most coveted Pinot Noir sites with one of the valley’s most famous vineyard managers.
  • Professional onsite coordination and assistance

Trip does not include:

  • Round Trip airfare (Plan to arrive in ‘PDX’ in time for our first event which begins @ 5pm on Wed, Nov 4th–Departure at your leisure on Sunday, Nov 8th)
  • Travel Insurance 
  • Personal Incidentals
  • Airport transfers in both your home city and Portland

Payment Details:

  • $2650 per person includes the details listed above 
  • Payment may be made by cash or check, or by credit card (processing fee of 4% applies to credit card pymts)
  • Checks may be made payable & sent to: Amusée, P.O. Box 583242, Mpls, MN 55458 
  • Prior to departure, a trip itinerary and package will be mailed to each passenger with full detail of the trip’s layout.  
  • Once payment is made, trip cost is non refundable. 
  • Call 612.655.4839 to reserve your spot today!  (Trip is limited to just 20 seats.)

Due the nature of the program inclusions combined with the limited space, we are giving priority to double occupany requests (couples or two singles sharing a room) so we can fully use our block of 20 rooms.  Single occupancy participation in group programs requires an additional fee or ‘single supplement’ as you would encounter on a cruise.  We wanted to avoid this on our inaugural excursion, but will evaluate the demand and consider this option for future excursions.  Thank you for your understanding.