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Seafood & Wine Festival A Smash Again This Year “Who’s driving? seemed to be the password at the third annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival held at the Armory last weekend. A smash again this year, the festival drew nearly twice the crowd of the last year’s event, says Charles Johnson, Chamber of Commerce Manager. Patrons enjoyed tasting wines from Oregon, California, Washington and even French wine or two. Accompanying a taste of fine wines were delights from many of the area’s merchants. Everything from shrimp crepes and fresh steamed mussels to imported cheeses and giant cookies were on display and in the hands of many patrons. There was music, there was wine and there were a lot of smiles and satisfied folks. Story and Photos By Sara Robins
Pat Melton of Arrow Food Market, Newport, serves tasty hors d’oeuvres to passers-by at the Wine Festival.
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Spring-like weather helped draw record crowds to the 13th annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival Friday through Sunday. Dave Miller, festival publicity chairman, said attendance totaled 23,500, with 4,400 on Friday, 11,100 on Saturday and 8,000 on Sunday. The overall number was a record for the event, and so were each of the daily attendance figures. The total attendance exceeded last year’s by some 5,500. “It appears to have been a combination of greater weather, pent-up desire to get out of their houses in the valley and every place else, and just the attraction of the Seafood & Wine (Festival), which has grown every year,” Miller said. Despite the larger throngs of festivalgoers, things went smoothly inside the Newport Marina Exhibition Hall, Miller said. It appears that went equally well outside, except for periodic traffic jams on US Highway 101. A dispatcher for Lincoln county Communications Agency described it as “a relatively quiet weekend.” Miller said the large crowds were good for business. “I think all the exhibitors are just thrilled.” he said. Many booths ran out of food on Sunday afternoon. The biggest problem posed by the crowd was an early sellout of the popular John Vuytsteke, a representative crab and wineglasses logo festival sold of Oak Knoll Winery in Oregon by the Greater Newport Chamber of Served several varieties of wine Commerce each year. Miller said 10,000 to interested tasters. of the souvenirs were ordered this year. Glass sales were stopped early Saturday to allow 1,400 to be held back for Sunday sale, but those were gone within half an hour of festivals opening. Miller said the services of 450 chamber of commerce volunteers were the key to the event’s success. “The festival can’t be held without the community involvement. They did a super job,” he said. By Bill Hall News-Times Writer
John Baker, left, Rotarian and president of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, and John Clark, fellow Rotarian, pause during shift on the Rotary clean up crew during the Seafood & Wine Festival weekend. Over 11,500 people attended the threeday event, generating semi-trucks full of empty wine bottles and Dumpsters of trash the Newport Rotary Club contracted to clean from the exhibit area. (Photo by Clark Gallagher)
Sunny skies and warm weather helped attract record crowds to Newport for all three days of the Seafood & Wine Festival.
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The Point Adams Packing Company seafood exhibit was popular with festivalgoers of all age.
An estimated 11,688 people attended the 23rd annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival at South Beach last weekend. “It was absolutely fabulous,” said Rebecah Morris, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce coordinator for the event. “People had a really good time,” she added. Heavy rains Saturday could not keep crowds away. Visitors lined up outside the festival waiting to enter. “They didn’t have any problems standing in the rain” said Morris. This year boasted one of the largest Seafood & Wine festivals in recent years. With nearly 12,000 visitors in three days and more exhibit entries than ever, it was considered a success by the chamber. “I think it will just continue to grow,” said Morris. But physically, there’s no more room. Two tents were set up, and the main floor of Rogue Ale Brewery at the Newport Marina at South Beach was used in the festival. This year, vendor space was reconfigured and about 12 vendors added. “We had approximately 125 booths,” said Lisa Noah, director of economic development for the Newport Chamber. She estimates that the chamber made approximately 10 percent more profit than last year. “We made $66,000 last year, and I’m estimating that it will be about $70,000 this year,” said Noah. Firm numbers as to the amount earned will be avaiable later in the week. Chamber officials were happy about the number of guests Friday night, which is traditionally the time for local residents to attend. Noah said 2,627 persons attended Friday night 5,200 Saturday, and 2,726 Sunday. “It is not as large as past Seafood & Wine Fests, but it was larger than some of the recent ones,” said Noah. “Our vendors were much happier Friday night because they made just as much money as they do on Saturday.” By Melissa Browning of the News-Times
Welcome to the Biggest Birthday Party on the Oregon Coast
3.3.82 AN ESTIMATED 15,000 people attended the weekend festival. “It was a great success – everybody did a whopping business,” said Newport Chamber of Commerce manager Charles Johnson.
took place on April 1st, 1978 at the Oregon National Guard Armory, with cheese and wine tastings in the afternoon followed by a seafood dinner that evening. A promotional firm from Portland brought in wines from Europe and California; because the Oregon wine industry was still in the early stages of development and relatively unknown, no Oregon or Northwest wines were offered. The day before the event, volunteers tirelessly decorated the venue with loaned wooden seafood crates, crab pots and nets, but hadn’t realized that old bits of seafood and bait remained
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veryone knows that Newport is the place to be on the last full weekend of February. With more than 150 vendors, the annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival has become the largest event of its kind anywhere. From humble beginnings that started with 300 guests, a few wines to taste and a seafood dinner, the Festival has steadily matured into a four-day event with more than 25,000 attendees, scores of commercial and amateur wines, a comprehensive menu that showcases fresh, local seafood and other culinary delights, and a diverse selection of crafts and souvenirs for purchase. Devised by the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce in 1977, the idea was for an event to bring visitors to Newport during the traditionally slow winter season. The first Festival
Newport Rotarians, from left, Alan Brown, Bob Baker, and Don Barth, sold wine and seafood to raise money for Rotary programs.
in the themed décor. Until they opened the Armory on the morning of the event, that is! At room temperature, the leftover fish pieces had reheated, and the whole building smelled so unbearable that huge fans had to be borrowed from the fire department to clear the air. Volunteers were able to rid the building of the stench just in time for the opening. Volunteers saved the first Festival again when a firm hired to prepare the seafood dinner never arrived, and local organizers were left to cook the meal themselves. For the next forty years, volunteers, civic organizations and many local businesses would serve as the backbone of the Festival. Lil Patrick, longtime Newport business owner, former Festival organizer and volunteer explains that, “if you do business in a small town, you have to give back to it.” In fact, because the first Festival’s costs exceeded the income generated, there was discussion against continuing the event into the future until Mo Niemi, founder of Mo’s Restaurants, successfully persuaded the community to give it another chance. The event began to steadily gather momentum in the years that followed. The second annual Seafood & Wine Festival was moved to the last full weekend in February, saw the addition of arts and crafts booths and featured thirteen Northwest wineries. In the third year, the Festival was relocated to the Dry Moorage Building of the Newport Marina at South Beach, had nearly 8,000 attendees, and made nearly $400 profit. In 1981, the fourth annual Seafood & Wine Festival returned to the armory, and local sign painter Jerry White designed the crab and wine glass logo that has been used ever since. The overall budget of the Festival had grown to $16,000. The fifth annual Festival was again held across the Bay in South Beach, boasted 13,000 attendees and nearly a $4,700 profit, and a Newport Area Transit bus provided transportation to and from area hotels. By 1983, the sixth annual Seafood & Wine Festival had come to be known as Oregon’s premier Seafood & Wine experience. The Festival began with a first ever culinary competition that was held to promote underutilized fish, and the event was moved to The Lincoln County Fairgrounds, where a 5,400 – square foot tent was installed next to the main building to offer much needed space. The venue had to be expanded again in 1984, and a 20,400 – square foot tent was constructed at the Newport Marina at South Beach to accommodate the growing crowds. An additional Friday night was added to the weekend Festival for residents who wanted to avoid the masses. Although rough winds threatened to wreck the tent on Friday night, the rest of the weekend was sunny and warm, and an estimated 20,000 people attended the seventh annual Festival. The ninth annual Seafood & Wine Festival was operated on an enlarged budget of $58,000, and the size of the tent that held the venue had grown to more than 30,000 – square feet. In 1987, the Festival again saw an increase in tent size, to 37,600 – square feet, and the budget was raised to $68,200. Festival organizers admitted Oregon wines to the commercial wine competition and created a People’s Choice award. After ten years of rapid growth, The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival had become a nationally recognized celebration. The culinary competition had become so popular by 1988 that it was extended to include a second day, featured participants from across the state, and offered both a novice and professional category. The 11th annual Festival also offered a photography contest to select a photo that became the “official poster” for the event. The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival of 1989 boasted a record profit of $27,000, and 10,000 signature wine glasses were sold. The weather was perfect and record attendance were highlights of the 13th annual Festival. Turnstiles were installed for 1992, and for the first time, attendance was Continued on pg. 16
2-24-82 KNOWING HOW to dress for the occasion are Seafood & Wine Festival Committee members Charles Johnson (left), manager of the Newport Chamber of Commerce; Barbara Jones, Barbara’s Blossom Shop; Ben Bacon, Bank of Newport; and Tom Nye, Coast Distributors, Festival aprons will be sold during the weekend and are a good way of keeping Newport and its famous seafood up front. (Staff photo)
Newport High Society students served fruit and shrimp crepes at a festival booth.
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Vine for the 35th Time,” the 2012 Festival also added the preceding Thursday as “Sponsor night,” increasing the event to four days. By the 39th Newport Seafood & Wine Festival, attendance had swelled to a record 25,000 people. More than 300 volunteers worked the event, including at least 20 nonprofit organizations, and 152 vendors were present, which was the maximum that the enlarged 50,000 square – foot tent could accommodate (that’s almost the size of a football field)! In 2016, more than eighty Oregon and Washington wines were represented, and 171 amateur wines were entered in the wine competition. The budget for the 39th annual Festival had also expanded to nearly $500,000. Organizers of The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival have often had to overcome unforeseen challenges, sometimes at the last minute. One year, melting snow and rain puddled on top of the tents, turning the top panels into dangerous “water balloons” that threatened to burst. Volunteers on ladders rushed to bail out the water, and finished just in time for the event to start. In the mid-1990s, it rained so much that The Rogue Brewery warehouse venue flooded, and kitty litter was used to absorb all of the moisture that could not be bailed out. Wind was the enemy in both 2014 and 2015, when huge gusts blew the tent down just days before the event, and crews and volunteers scrambled to set it back up before the Festival started. Perhaps the funniest instance of overcoming adversity was
2-23-96 Before the vendors and patrons arrive at the 19th annual Seafood & Wine Festival.
accurately recorded at 20,000. 116 venders participated in the 15th annual event, profits nearly reached $38,500, and a record 14,000 Festival wine glasses were sold. In 1997, the Festival’s 20th anniversary was celebrated with a registered trademark on the crab and wine glass logo, and the tagline, “The original and still the best.” The venue had also found a permanent location in South Beach, where the City of Newport and Rogue Ales and Spirits had agreed to house the event in an unused portion of warehouse at The Rogue Brewery, and to also provide space for tents on the property. In compliance with Oregon State Law, the twentieth anniversary was also the first year that the event was closed to minors. 18,000 people attended the Festival, and Chuck Forinash designed a 20 year commemorative poster. E-ticketing was introduced in 2007, and succeeded in streamlining the long entrance lines that had grown with the popularity of the Festival. The 30th annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival was held in a 46,500 – square foot tent next to The Rogue Brewery for the second year, and although it had outgrown the Brewery’s warehouse by 2006, Rogue was still the exclusive beer vender at the event. The 30th annual Festival offered 128 vendors, and nearly 20,000 people were in attendance. The 35th annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival had 150 vendors, and Chinook Winds Resort and Casino became the primary sponsor. With the theme, “Swingin’ on the
2-23-96 Marine Discovery Tours water taxi.
Unknown volunteer crafting stylish hats from balloons for Seafood & Wine Festival guests.
when a seagull pooped on a man in line, and he was infuriated and became very vocal about the offense. A well-known volunteer, Burt Lippman, quickly pulled a five dollar bill out of his pocket, gave it to the man, and loudly proclaimed, “Everyone who gets pooped on by a seagull gets five dollars!” This resulted in the happiest guy to ever be pooped on by a bird! The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival is visited, revisited and loved by many for a variety of reasons, but the most common thread is the sense of community that the celebration provides. Whether it is the organizers and volunteers who happily give their time and share their experience, or the attendees who return year-after-year or come for the first time with the expectation of enjoying amazing culinary and wine offerings, the Festival is all about community. Carol Adams, who has been involved with The Newport Seafood & Wine Festival for many years, sums this sentiment up nicely, “It’s amazing how many people come together to make it happen; the Festival atmosphere is a community where friendships develop and grow.” The 40th annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival promises to be the biggest birthday party that the Oregon coast has ever seen! From February 23 -26, 2017, more than 25,000 people will attend the Festival, almost tripling the population of Newport. Come be a part of our community of Seafood & Wine aficionados, and discover why the Festival is “The Original and Still the Best,” and the City of Newport truly is “The Edge of a Continent, the Start of an Adventure”!
The U.S. Air Force Band entertained the overflow festival crowds inside the marina building.
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he 2017 Newport Seafood & Wine Festival Commercial Wine Competition took place the first weekend of this month, in advance of the Festival which celebrates its 40th Anniversary on February 2326. A little-known, small Oregon Yamhill County winery, D’Anu Wines, entered a 2013 Sangiovese made from grapes grown at Seven Hills Vineyard in Eastern Oregon’s slice of the Walla Walla Valley and the judges awarded it a Gold Medal and the Joseph H Swafford trophy for Best-Of-Show. To enter the Competition, a winery must be a vendor at the Festival, which is open to the three Northwest states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Sixty-six wineries entered 181 wines, which ties the record set in 2011. Of the 96 medals awarded, 30 were Gold, 22 Silver and 44 Bronze. The Competition was founded 31 years ago to showcase an early look at Northwest wines. A panel of five expert judges selected from such backgrounds as food-and-wine writers, wine educators, wine makers, wine merchants and restaurant wine cellar masters, travel to Newport each year at this time. From the Seattle area comes Brooks Tish and Gerry Warren. Georgia Ross is from Boulder, Colorado, Lorn Razzano
comes up from Ashland and the fifth judge is Thomas McLaren from right here in Newport. The winemaker/owner of D’Anu Winery, Joe Williams, was the chef/ owner of two restaurants before becoming cellar manager of Panther Creek Cellars and then Carlton Cellars. His first wines for his D’Anu label were from the 2011 vintage. Only 100 cases were produced of his Best-Of-Show winner, so Newport Festivalgoers will have early access to a limited-release quality wine. Another stipulation of the Newport Commercial Wine Competition is that a winery may enter no more than three wines. Ray Walsh of Eugene’s Capitello Wines submitted two Pinot noirs and a late-harvest dessert Gewurztraminer, all three of which took home Gold medals. There are plenty of outstanding wines to enjoy at the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival. Considering the fact that wineries enter their best wines in competition, even those that did not receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal are high quality.
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