Hybrid grapes and wine featured at Aug. 12 Winegrowers session

            Hybrid wine grapes and wine will be the focus of an Aug. 12 session of the Winegrowers Association of Central Oregon (WACO) at Ranch at the Canyons in Terrebonne.

Featured on the program are Chris Lake, director of the Southern Oregon Wine Institute associated with Umpqua Community College’s Department of Viticulture and Dr. James Osborne of the Oregon State Department of Viticulture.

Laura Cooper, an attorney, wine columnist and instructor at Central Oregon Community College, will present a tasting and evaulation of hybrid wines.

Monkey Face Vineyard at Ranch at the Canyons has produced many of the French-American hybrid grapes used in production of Central Oregon wines.

The program including the wine tasting runs from 1-4 pm. A fee of $15 payable at the door includes the wine tasting and appetizers.

For more information contact Kerry Damon, Monkey Face Vineyard manager, at khd@ranchatthecanyons.com, or Cindy Grossman, co-owner of Faith Hope & Charity Vineyard on Lower Bridge Way, cindy@faithhopeandcharityevents.com.