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IF YOU GO
10th Annual Savor Cannon
Beach
Where: Multiple locations
throughout town
When: Thursday through Sunday,
March 7 to 10
For more information, visit
savorcannonbeach.com/ or call
888-609-6051
2019 Schedule of Festival Events
Best of the Northwest
Throwdown
5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7
Tolovana Inn
$40 per ticket
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Winemaker’s Premium Pours
2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 8
Tolovana Inn, 3400 S. Hemlock St.
$30 per ticket
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Art & Wine Walk
6 to 8 p.m.
Erick Bengel
During a previous Savor Cannon Beach, a wine and culinary festival, volunteer Carolyn Anderson, right, slowly pours a red blend at Cannon Beach
Community Hall.
MEET E DRINK
Check-in begins at 5:45 p.m. at
Sandpiper Square, 172 N. Hemlock
St.
$30 per ticket
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Wine Tasting Basics & Beyond
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday,
March 9
Tolovana Inn, 3400 S. Hemlock St.
$25 per ticket
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Good wine, good food, good company at Savor Cannon Beach
By KATHERINE LACAZE
FOR COAST WEEKEND
A
lthough wine is the star of the 10th
annual Savor Cannon Beach festi-
val, taking place Thursday through
Sunday, March 7 through 10, food and fel-
lowship are strong supporting characters that
round out a lavish showcase of some of the
Pacific Northwest’s finest qualities.
“Wine is one of the base beverages of civ-
ilization,” said winemaker Edward Fus, of
Angel Vine in Portland. “It’s part of what
gets people to sit down together. You have to
have good food, good drink and good com-
pany to be happy. And then you throw in
Cannon Beach, which has good views in any
direction, so how can you go wrong?”
The weekend, which features six dis-
tinct ticketed wine-tasting experiences, kicks
off Thursday evening with the Best of the
Northwest Throwdown from 5 to 7 p.m. at
Tolovana Inn. Local chef Jonathan Hoffman
will present a selection of light bites, created
to pair with eight specific and complemen-
tary award-winning wines. Participants can
vote on their favorite wine of the evening.
The other food-centric “signature” event
that frames the festival, director Gary Hayes
said, is the Battle of the Bites from noon to
2 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
See Savor, Page 13
Savor Cannon Beach Wine Walk
1 to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 9
Check-in begins at noon at the
Coaster Theatre Playhouse, 108 N.
Hemlock St.
$50 per ticket
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Gold Medal Wines & Battle of
the Bites
Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10
Tolovana Inn, 3400 S Hemlock St.
$40 per ticket