Newport Seafood and Wine Festival Magazine 2015

NEWPORT FESTIVAL 2015

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The Newport Seafood and Wine Festival

Come join Newport’s biggest party

by Nancy Steinberg

The population of Newport is not quite 10,000, but on the last full weekend in February every year it can swell to triple that number. What brings people from far and wide to the coast in the throes of winter’s darkest days and sometimes roughest weather? The promise of great food and drink, and the biggest party Newport throws.

The annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival is a four-day signature event with a festival atmosphere where more than 150 vendors, including purveyors of seafood, craftspeople, and some 80 Northwest wineries offer their goods in a gigantic tent in South Beach adjacent to the Rogue brewery.

The event, this year to be held Feb. 19-22, is a fund-raiser for the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce. The theme of the 2015 festival is “Once Upon a Vine.”

For most visitors, the heart of the weekend is the opportunity to sample and purchase a wide range of top-notch Northwest wines. Associated with the event is the longest continuous wine competition in the Northwest, judged by a panel of five regional wine experts. As the Northwest has grown as a wineproducing region, so has the competition. Each Seafood &

Wine Festival wine vendor may enter up to three wines in the prestigious commercial competition, judging of which happens before the festival so the winners can be announced and sold at the event. In 2015, 167 entries were received, and 105 medals were awarded (26 gold, 39 silver, and 40 bronze).

One outstanding wine is given the prestigious Joseph H. Swafford Best in Show award. In 2015, that honor went to Emerson Vineyards for a 2013 Willamette Valley Pino Nior.

An amateur competition is also held; the 2015 Amateur Best in Show award went Kenneth Stinger for a 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Joseph Swafford, a now-retired local wine shop and restaurant owner, served as the long-time judging coordinator.

He has observed a dramatic increase in quality of wines in the competition, and in the Northwest generally, over the decades. “I’ve watched Oregon winemakers struggle with the vagaries of the weather, learn what varieties of grapes do best in specific soil locations, and witnessed the successes that have brought world-wide attention to the resulting exquisite wines. We have much to be proud of from our Oregon and Northwest wines!” he reflected.

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Thomas “Mac” McLaren, a local sommelier who has judged the competition from its inception, agrees. He noted, “We’ve seen a particular improvement in the white wines entered in the competition, and we’re seeing some unusual white varietals as well.”

Parking at the event costs $5 and is somewhat limited. A better option is to take the free shuttle, which will be running frequently all over town throughout the event.

At the festival itself, attendees can purchase tastes, glasses, bottles, and cases of most wines, including the medal-winners.

Paired with the excellent festival wines will be unparalleled seafood offerings. Newport is proud to be able to showcase the bounty of the Pacific that comes through its port every year.

You’ll find crab, bay shrimp, oysters, salmon, albacore, and other local delicacies in abundance, as well as other types of food.

While festival stalwarts will find that the 2015 event is similar in most ways to past years, there are a few innovations, implemented last year, which will help with logistics. The peak time for the entire event is Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm, so to help with traffic flow, no tickets will be sold at the gate that day – all Saturday tickets must be purchased online, and numbers will be limited. Increased personnel and two entrances to the festival tent will also assist in moving people through at peak times. Festival organizers warn that you’ll still have to expect waits on Saturday, though. To avoid the lines, try coming at a

Even outside of the festival’s 50,000 ft’² tent there is plenty of fun to be found that weekend in Newport. The festival atmosphere spreads throughout the community, as many local businesses and organizations plan special events on the same weekend to take advantage of the crowds. Restaurants often have special menus and live music, shops will have wine sales featuring medal winners, and the local running club sponsors a 5K road race.

Such a massive event requires the work of the entire Chamber of Commerce staff, an all volunteer committee of more than two dozen, and hundreds of other volunteers who sign up to work the event. The generous sponsors make the event possible, and for the fourth year in a row, the festival’s presenting sponsor is Chinook Winds Casino Resort.

Lorna Davis, Director of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, can’t say enough good things about the volunteer corps that keeps the event going. “You couldn’t possibly pay someone to do some of things they do,” she said. “They deserve massive Biggest Party Continued on page 8

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While revenues from festival admissions support the Chamber of Commerce, local organizations benefit as well. Davis explained, “One of the community twists of this event is that more than 20 local non-profit organizations participate to earn much-needed revenues. For some, this is their major fundraising activity. Some provide services like monitoring parking and cleaning up, and some have a booth that features one of the festival’s wineries and they ‘pour for proceeds.”

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Insider Tips

for Enjoying the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival

Come Thursday night

In recent years the festival has opened quietly on Thursday evening, informally referred to as “Locals’ Night.” This is the least crowded and most laid-back time to attend, and all vendors will be set up and ready to go.

Come After 2 pm on Saturday

Peak hours for the entire festival are 10-2 on Saturday. If you are looking for a leisurely stroll through the event, you will want to avoid Saturday and enjoy a day in Newport at other shops and area attractions. If you enjoy the crowd and hoopla, come after 2 pm on Saturday and go to dinner afterwards!

Sunday is a great day

Sunday is a more relaxed environment inside the big tents. You will have more elbow room and time to really peruse the booths and enjoy sampling and buying your favorite wine.

Use the Shuttle

Parking near the event, especially at peak times, can be a hassle, and it could cramp your wine-tasting style (please don’t drink and drive!). Free shuttles will run throughout town for the duration of the festival; the shuttle schedule and route map are on page 22 of this guide.

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If you volunteer just four hours of your time during the festival for the Chamber of Commerce, you will receive a free three-day pass to the event. Free! Only four hours! Such a deal! Sign up to volunteer on the festival’s web site.

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Hug a Festival Volunteer Today!

By Nancy Steinberg How is it possible for the six (six!) staff members of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce to run Newport’s biggest event, which attracts 20-25,000 people every year, double the town’s population? The answer is, they can’t, not without the help of the army of about 300 volunteers who work tirelessly to make this massive event a success every year.

Aside from the all-volunteer year-round planning committee, volunteers at the festival direct parking, count attendees entering and exiting, take tickets, clean up trash, cashier, and pass out wine glasses. They also work at many of the booths at the festival, helping out at the Chamber booth or one of the 20 vendors where local non-profit groups raise funds by selling wine.

About two-thirds of the volunteers actually come from outside the county, attracted by the great deal of free admission to the festival in exchange for a four-hour volunteer shift.

Please make sure to thank a volunteer for their service. How will you recognize a volunteer? The Chamber of Commerce’s Mike Yost, who coordinates the volunteers for the festival, says they’ll be obvious. “We try to make volunteers easier to spot

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than grey whales just off the Newport coast” he said. Here are some key characteristics, according to Yost: • Volunteers wear bright orange safety vests to point them out to the guests.

• Big smiles, a key feature of all volunteers!

• They point a lot. “It’s over there!” “It’s that way!” “It’s down this aisle!” “The bathrooms are that way!”

• Look for fleece upon fleece upon fleece. Because the festival is held in February in an unheated tent, volunteers dress for the weather, even inside, in layers!

• Volunteers are fast-moving! “You have to be quick to get through the crowds at the Newport Seafood and Wine Festival,” Yost said.

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Commercial Wine Competition, Best-of-Show: Emerson Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir, Booth # 156

Amateur Wine Competition Medals: Awards Announced for Amateur Wine Competition Never content to the let the professionals have all the fun, amateur winemakers from the Pacific Northwest and beyond submitted fifty-nine wines for consideration in the 2015 Seafood & Wine Festival’s Amateur Wine Competition. Wines were “blind-tasted” by three groups of judges, and scores given for color, bouquet, taste, finish and overall impression.

The most prestigious award of the competition, Best in Show, went to Kenneth Stinger of Portland, Oregon for his 2013 cabernet sauvignon. The judges noted a “rich mouth-feel” with a “long, chocolate finish.”

They all agreed the cabernet sauvignon was simply delicious and voiced a congratulatory “well done!”

Other medals were awarded as follows.

Gold:

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Silver:

• Joshua and Brianne Knudson and John and Lynne Baham - pinot noir • Josue R. Batista - seyval blanc • Richard McVay - blackberry special • Jerry James - Rhone Red (syrah, grenache blend) • Phil Swearingen - concord grape • Rachel Smith - concord grape blend • Dave Blanchard – apple • Ric Blasquez - pinot noir • Ric Blasquez - pinot noir rose • Joel Rea – tempranillo • James Sulzman – blaufrankisch • Ron Hall – grenache • Alfredo Velez - pinot noir • Mike Doherty - cabernet sauvignon

Bronze

Josue R. Batista - concord grape • Robert J.

Zavrel - pinot noir • George Wagenblast - pinot noir • Harry Craig – riesling • Phil Swearingen – lime • Bruce Marsh – riesling • Larry Bruns - marechal foch • Larry Bruns - pinot noir • Dave Blanchard – blueberry • Charles Weaver - cabernet sauvignon/malbec blend • Joel Rea – viogner • Ron Hall – viogner • Randy Agness - riesling The Amateur Wine Competition committee applauds each of the contestants for their commitment and dedication to winemaking.

Medal-winning wines will be displayed at festival.

Newport Seafood and Wine Festival 2015 Commercial Wine Competition results

Best-of-Show: Emerson Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir, Booth # 156 Winery Booth # Vintage Description & Wine Type GOLD MEDAL WINNERS Capitello 121 2012 Dolcino Gewutztraminer Cardwell Hill Cellars 66 2012 Reserve Pinot Noir Chateau Lorane 106 2012 Sangiovese Coleman Vineyard 82 2014 Coleman Cherry Cove Coleman Vineyard 82 2011 Coleman Estate Reserve Pinot Noir David Hill Winery 30 2012 Estate Reserve Chardonnay David Hill Winery 30 2013 Estate Riesling Domaine Ste. Michelle 133 NV Brut Rose Domaine Ste. Michelle 133 NV Extra Dry Emerson Vineyards 156 2013 Pinot Noir Eola Hills Wine Cellars 151 2012 Sauvignon Blanc Eola Hills Wine Cellars 151 2012 “Old Vine” Zinfandel Girardet 143 2012 Syrah J Scott Cellars 140 2013 Pinot Blanc Merrill Cellars 52 2012 Cotes du Rogue Noble Estate Winery & Vineyard 42 2013 Cabernet Franc Pudding River Wine Cellars 142 2012 Syrah Purple Cow Vineyards 18 2012 Aglianico “Elizabeth’s Blend” Rizzo Winery 8 2012 Carmenere Saginaw Vineyard 34 2011 Pinot Noir Season Cellars 160 2012 Malbec Snoqualmie 3 2012 Merlot Spindrift Cellars 122 2012 Gewurztraminer Spindrift Cellars 122 2010 Syrah Sweet Cheeks Winery 54 2011 Syrah Three Rivers 23 2012 Red Blend

SILVER MEDAL WINNERS 14 Hands 3 2013 Moscato 14 Hands 3 2012 Red Blend Abiqua Wind Vineyard 63 2012 Pinot Noir Anew 3 2012 Riesling Capitello 121 2012 Pinot Noir Capitello 121 NV Brut Rose Cardwell Hill Cellars 66 2012 Pommard Block Pinot Noir Chateau Lorane 106 2012 Baco Noir Chateau Lorane 106 2010 Cabernet Franc Chateau Ste Michelle 133 2013 Chardonnay Chateau Ste Michelle 133 2013 Riesling Coleman Vineyard 82 2012 Coleman Estate Pinot Noir Columbia Crest 145 2012 Chardonnay Crater Lake Cellars 144 2012 Merlot Cubanisimo Vineyards 46 2012 Estate Pinot Noir Eola Hills Wine Cellars 151 2012 “Wolf Hill” Pinot Noir Fox Farms Vineyards 162 2012 Syrah Girardet 143 2012 Chardonnay Hip Chicks Do Wine 48 2013 Viognier Honeywood Winery 1 NV Triple Berry K & M Wines 134 2012 Alchemy Chardonay Melrose Vineyards 124 -125 2012 Pinot Noir Misty Oaks Vineyard 144 2010 Gobbler’s Knob - Red Blend Noble Estate Winery & Vineyard 42 2013 Malbec Noble Estate Winery & Vineyard 42 2012 Muscat; Semi-Sparkling Pudding River Wine Cellars 142 2012 Pinot Noir Snoqualmie 3 2012 Chardonnay Soloro Vineyard 110 2011 Grenache Soloro Vineyard 110 2011 Syrah Spangler Vineyards 25 2012 Petite Verdot Sweet Earth Vineyards 154 2012 Hungarian Oak Pinot Noir

Winery Territorial Vineyards Territorial Vineyards Three Rivers Troon Vineyard Troon Vineyard Willamette Valley Vineyards Willamette Valley Vineyards Zerba Cellars

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Vintage 2012 NV 2012 2012 2012 2013 2012 2011

Description & Wine Type Pinot Noir The Mongrel Merlot Old Vine Mertiage Estate Taunat Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Grenache

BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS 12 Ranch Wines Inc 41 2013 Pinot Gris 14 Hands 3 2012 Chardonnay Abiqua Wind Vineyard 63 2013 Gewurztraminer Agate Ridge Vineyard 51 2012 Weeknight Red Agate Ridge Vineyard 51 2013 Weeknight Rose Budda Kat Winery 101 2012 Chardonnay Chateau Ste Michelle 133 2013 Pinot Gris Columbia Crest 145 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Crest 145 2012 Merlot Flying Dutchman Winery 49 2009 Cabernet Franc Reserve Folin Cellars 67 2013 Viognier Folin Cellars 67 2011 Syrah Fox Farms Vineyards 162 2012 Pinot Noir Girardet 143 2013 Baco Noir H V Cellars 70 2009 Baco Noir H V Cellars 70 NV Syrah Henry Estate Winery 116 2012 Muller-Thrugau K & M Wines 134 2012 Alchemy Reserve Pino Noir Macindoe Family Cellars 37 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Methven Family Vineyards 62 2013 Gamay Noir Methven Family Vineyards 62 2010 Pinot Noir Namaste Vineyards 161 2012 Legacy Tempranillo Pudding River Wine Cellars 142 2013 Viognier Purple Cow Vineyards 18 2011 Red Blend (Bri’s Blend) Purple Cow Vineyards 18 2010 Estate Tempranillo River’s Edge 58 2012 Barrel Select Pinot Noir Saginaw Vineyard 34 2014 Rose of Pinot Noir Season Cellars 160 2013 Viognier Slagle Creek Vineyards 136 2012 Merlot Slagle Creek Vineyards 136 2011 Syrah Snoqualmie 3 2012 Syrah Spangler Vineyards 25 2013 Alicante Bouschet Springbank Farm LLC 158 2013 Blueberry Blend Sweet Cheeks Winery 54 2012 Pinot Noir Sweet Cheeks Winery 54 2013 Riesling Sweet Earth Vineyards 154 2012 Pinot Noir Reserve Troon Vineyard 35 2012 Zinfandel Reserve Valley View Winery 65 2011 Tempranillo Whidbey’s 3 2010 Port Wine Fauve 90 -91 2012 Chardonnay

RESULTS

167 entries in 2015 Gold Medals 26 · Silver Medals 39 · Bronze Medals 40 Total Medals 105

JOSEPH H. SWAFFORD BEST OF SHOW

Emerson Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

2015 Amateur Best of Show winner Kenneth Stinger 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon

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Ten Questions for the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival Crab Man A familiar face at every Newport Seafood & Wine Festival is Crab Man, the largest and most photogenic crustacean in Newport. He circulates among the crowd, looking to welcome guests and put a smile on everyone’s face. But who is the Crab Man? We get to the bottom of the mysteries of this bottom-dweller.

How do you prepare yourself to be Crab Man? Do you crawl on the beach or learn to tolerate boiling water?

I think about all those unfortunate crab brothers who blindly crawl into crab rings following that attractive smell of decaying meat, and want to make them proud that

one of them went on to make a name for himself: Crab Man! When the suit goes on, let the fun begin!

How many Seafood & Wine Festivals have you attended?

I moved to Lincoln County with my family in 1981 and attended that year, the third year of the Festival. I’ve attended and usually worked at most of the Festivals since then.

Any idea how many visitors’ photos have you been in?

Over the years, thousands. During the run of the festival, I wouldn’t doubt that the Crab Man is one of the most pictured

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It is simply great fun! What people probably don’t know is that this event helps support more than 20 local nonprofit organizations and agencies as well as the Chamber of Commerce.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen happen at the Festival?

A couple of years we planned a flash mob dance to “Shake it up Baby” with Crab Man leading the charge!

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Do you have any tips for enjoying the festival?

First off, take the free bus provided to the festival, or make sure you have a designated driver. Try tastings at some of the smaller, lesser-known wineries and of course all the varieties of seafood. I’ve made some great discoveries over the years. Buy t-shirts or sweatshirts from the Chamber booth to help remind you of all the fun you had at the festival and that you want to come back, and of course get a picture with the Crab Man!

What’s your favorite kind of seafood?

Living on the Central Oregon Coast, I like all seafoods, although when people

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try to catch my brothers, they often think of using fish heads and chicken wings for bait. Chicken isn’t a natural food for me -when was the last time you saw chickens swimming in the bay?

with him a time or two as I’m an Alumnus along with Mrs. Crab Man. I was once confronted by Lobster Man at the festival – he doesn’t hold a pincher to the Crab Man, or taste nearly as good, I must say!

Is it hot in that suit?

What is your true identity? We promise not to reveal it except to the 25,000 people at the festival.

Can be -- even with cooler weather, thousand of people in the tent can make it toasty, but not nearly as hot as a boiling pot of hot salty water! I’ll take the suit.

Ever hang out with other mascots, like Benny the Beaver or the Oregon Duck? If so, what do you guys do together?

My favorite other mascot is Puddles the Oregon Duck, I’ve rubbed claw to wings

Don Lindly, retired 22-year Lincoln County Commissioner and Chamber board member since 1989. Try to keep that under wraps, though.

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541-265-7766

Over 170 Vendors including 70 Oregon Wineries under one roof Gourmet Foods • Live Music Guest Chefs • Fine Arts This Event is a Fund-Raiser for St. James School

Seafood & Wine Festival Briefing 38 10,000 24,320 Years the festival has taken place

Population of Newport

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Record number of festival attendees in 2014

“I know many people who have been volunteering [at the festival] for more than 20 years. We keep doing it because of established relationships with them, even if we only see each other once a year. In a way, it’s a big party.”

Free shuttle bus stops throughout Newport

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Dana Orr, longtime festival committee member

Festival volunteers

9,000 Festival glasses sold/ distributed (2014)

“When the suit goes on, let the fun begin!”

Newport Seafood & Wine Festival Crab Man Don Lindly

“What better place to have fun than Newport?”

Lorna Davis, Executive Director, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce

“We have much to be proud of from our Oregon and Northwest wines!”

Joseph Swafford, wine competition judging coordinator

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1 Beer vendors (Rogue Ales, of course!)

1,500 Bowls of Mo’s chowder served at festival (2014)

Seafood & Wine Festival Do’s and Don’ts

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Do!

Don’t

• Get your tickets online for all festival dates and times.

• Take the free shuttle to the festival.

• Take a walk on the beach.

• Wear comfortable clothes and dress in layers.

• Bring your own (clear) glass for tasting or buy a festival glass at the event ($5).

• Taste and taste and taste.

• Drink wine.

• Enjoy the festival!

• Forget that no tickets are sold at the door on Saturday or Thursday.

• Drive under the influence.

• Play on logs or turn your back on the ocean.

• Wear ball gowns and five-inch heels.

• Expect vendors to pour tastes directly into your mouth.

• Hesitate to buy glasses, bottles, and cases.

• Skip the seafood.

• Wait a year to come back to Newport!

• Forget your valid photo ID (21 or older) • Intentionally break your glass

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12 Ranch Wines 14 Hands / Master Gardeners Abiqua Wind Vineyards Agate Ridge Vineyard Ancient Cellars Barefoot Bubbly & Wines / Newport Chapter Surfrider 71 Bonterrra Organic Wines / Newport Yo-Pros 101 Buddha Kat Winery 121 Capitello Wines 66 Cardwell Hill Cellars 79 Chateau Bianca Winery 106 Chateau Lorane Winery 133 Chateau St. Michelle / Toledo Chamber of Commerce 20 Coelho Winery 82 Coleman Vineyards 145 Columbia Crest Winery / Newport Mouse Factory Inc. 144 Crater Lake Cellars 46 Cubanisimo Vineyards 126 David Hamilton Winery 30 David Hill Vineyards 156 Emerson Vineyards 151 Eola Hills Wine Cellars, Inc. 49 Flying Dutchman Winery 67 Folin Cellars 162 Fox Farms Vineyards 143 Girardet 104 Hauer of the Dauen Winery 116 Henry Estate Winery / Altrusa International of Yaquina Bay 148 & 149 Hillcrest Vineyard

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Amy Tatala-Beck Aphrodite’s Treasures Art of Letters Photography Aunt Adeline’s Vintage Jewelry Authentic African Art Bamboo Originals Bead Chicas Boozy Baubles Recycled Glass Art Botanical Sweets & Treats

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Hip Chicks Do Wine Honeywood Winery HV Cellars J. Wrigley J. Scott Cellars K& M Wines Kings Raven Winery Inc Korbel / Newport Elks #2105 Laurel Ridge Winery Lone Oak Vineyards, LLC Macindoe Family Cellars Melrose Vineyards Merrill Cellars Methven Family Vineyards & Winery Misty Oaks Vineyard Naked Winery Namaste Vineyards Nehalem Bay Winery Noble Estate Winery Pheasant Valley Winery Phelps Creek Vineyards Pudding River Purple Cow Vineyards Red Diamond / Yaquina Bay Yacht Club River’s Edge Winery Rizzo Winery Saginaw Vineyard Sake One Season Vineyards Silver Falls Vineyards Slagle Creek Vineyards Soloro Vineyard Spangler Vineyards

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Bounty of the Sea: A guide to Newport’s mouth-watering seafood

by Nancy Steinberg

While many visitors seem to focus on the “Wine” part of the Seafood & Wine Festival, the outstanding selection of local seafood is worth the trip to the festival as well. Here’s a checklist of some of the types of local seafood you’ll find offered by the festival’s vendors. Get your seafood fix and try them all!

Pink Shrimp

Dungeness Crab

Very low low tides, called minus tides, bring out clammers at many local beaches. Razor clams are big and delicious (and harder to catch than any animal without a backbone should be), and we have cockles, gapers, and butter clams, clam fritters and Mo’s will be serving up its world-famous clam chowder at the festival.

Dungeness crab is the official Oregon state crustacean, and Newport has been officially designated the Dungeness Crab Capital of the World. Luckily, you’re here smack-dab in the middle of Dungeness season. At the festival look for crab cocktail, crab dips, crab melts and other yummy ways you can eat this Newport icon.

Salmon

Salmon is to the Pacific Northwest what lobster is to Maine: an iconic species weighty with culture and history. The two most popular species here are Chinook, otherwise known as king salmon, and coho, also called silver salmon. How about smoked salmon or salmon jerky while you’re at the festival?

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Small in size, local pink shrimp are big on taste, as well as easy on the wallet. Shrimp cocktail will be available at the festival, and look for them on salads and in crepes as well.

Clams

Oysters

The Oregon coast was renowned for its oysters for generations, but the native oyster has been largely extirpated from local waters. Oregon Oyster Farms, upriver from the Bayfront, now farms the briny treats. Find oyster shooters at the festival, and while you’re here, you can also purchase oysters directly from the farm’s retail outlet at about milepost seven on the Bay Road.

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Treats of the Tent

Five fun things you’ll find at the Seafood & Wine Festival that are neither seafood nor wine

Artwork: Danny Anderson

3. Crafts

A wide range of local and regional artisans will be offering their wares. Look for glass in many forms, jewelry, clothing, art, and more.

4. Good causes 1. Beer

What makes a better palate cleanser between wine tastings than … beer? The award-winning made-locally, sold-globally brews from Rogue Ales will be available at the festival, as always.

2. Dessert

For that sweet sugar infusion, check out the vendors selling candy, fudge, and even Nutella crepes.

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Representatives of more than 20 local non-profits will be pouring wine at selected booths to raise funds for their cause.

For many of them, this is their main fund-raiser for the year.

Make sure to check out those booths, and ask them about the work they do in the community!

5. People-watching

Sometimes it’s fun to just sit back and watch the crowds go by – the festival is guaranteed to offer the best people watching in town. Was that a guy wearing a crab suit?

To-do List:

What to see while you’re not seafood-and-wining

by Nancy Steinberg Photos by Jo-Hanna Wienert You’re here to eat seafood and drink wine, and by all means, please spend as much time as you can doing just that. But Newport is full of fun things to do in case you need to take a break from the giant tent.

Oregon Coast Aquarium

of the Bayfront, the Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center is stunningly beautiful inside, a fitting home in which to explore Lincoln County’s maritime history and take in the bustling activity of the fishing fleet just across the street. www.oregoncoast.history.museum/maritimecenter.html

No visit to Newport is complete without a stop at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. This world-class attraction features indoor and outdoor exhibits that have repeatedly earned the Aquarium a ranking as one of the top ten aquariums in the nation. Visitors can wander through a range of permanent exhibits focused on local critters. One favorite is Passages of the Deep, named “The coolest 50 yards on the Oregon Coast!” by Spirit Magazine, a 1.32 million-gallon exhibit displaying a diverse array of marine animals including sharks up to 10 feet long. www.aquarium.org

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Ever watch an octopus devour a live crab? Want to try your hand at generating electricity with a wave? Have questions about invasive species, underwater earthquakes, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, or local fish species? You can do all this and more at the Visitor Center of Oregon State University’s Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center in South Beach. The Visitor Center houses exhibits related to HMSC faculty research, as well as touch tanks and a resident Pacific octopus. www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu

Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center

Housed in a gorgeous building presiding over the east end To-do Continued on page 30

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Lighthouses

Newport has two picturesque lighthouses that were historically used to guide and warn ships at sea. These historic treasures are now landmarks and tourist destinations as well as icons of our beautiful city. The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in Yaquina Bay State Park is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Located just north of Newport in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon. www.yaquinalights.org

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Nye Beach and the Bayfront

Make sure to visit two lovely Newport neighborhoods while you’re here: Nye Beach, on the ocean, and the Bayfront, on the north shore of Yaquina Bay. Both areas have something for everyone, including unique shops, outstanding restaurants, and other attractions. On the Bayfront, make sure to stop by and say hello to the sea lions that loll (and bark!) on the pier near Port Dock One restaurant.

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