From: 11||amook County Pioneer donoirepiywwordpresscom Subject: [New post] The Winery At Manzanita Opens Doors Date: September 18, 2017 at 2:46 PM To: lylarh8391w>gmall com New post on Tillamook County Pioneer - The Winery At Manzanita Opens Doors W must: By Dan Haag Manzanita is a place that begs to be enjoyed over a glass of wine while admiring a sunset. Mark Proden, whose new venture The Winery At Manzanita opened in late August, hopes to help wine enthusiasts do just that. Proden developed an early interest in wine-making while growing up on a dairy farm in Northwest Wisconsin. “Winemaking was initially a hobby. After giving my first batch of wine as Christmas presents in 2006, friends and family encouraged me to enter the wine business,” Proden said. His journey into making wine took flight during his time in the military, where his focus fell on wines of the west coast. “I became interested in wine through cooking during my 11 years in the Air Force as a pilot and engineer, visiting Napa and Sonoma and eventually Oregon as Pinot noir grew in popularity here,” he said. That interest led him to attend wine school at Chemeteka Community College’s Northwest Wine Studies Center where he put his stamp on the craft. “I initially founded the winery under Bodhichitta label in 2009 while attending wine school,” he said. “I was making small batches of wine — 10 to 100 cases at a time - by hand in Salem." Proden gained valuable experience working Crush with Erath, as well as the tasting rooms at Cubanismo and Orchard Heights. He was able to realize the dream of having his own tasting room in 2013, when he opened The Portland Wine Bar. Located downtown just off Pioneer Courthouse Square, it carries Proden's wines, as well as other small labels from Oregon and Washington state. But the search for a new production space soon gained priority. “I had been making my wine in a small, cramped space in Salem until the owner needed I- ‘-IIL|-_ I. JI‘I'.. .I _-l!..-ll..‘ll- “I-- --'..I “I L...-.‘ I.‘I,!.-.f....... .. I- ‘|.I'_... , OCR Text: From: 11||amook County Pioneer donoirepiywwordpresscom Subject: [New post] The Winery At Manzanita Opens Doors Date: September 18, 2017 at 2:46 PM To: lylarh8391w>gmall com New post on Tillamook County Pioneer - The Winery At Manzanita Opens Doors W must: By Dan Haag Manzanita is a place that begs to be enjoyed over a glass of wine while admiring a sunset. Mark Proden, whose new venture The Winery At Manzanita opened in late August, hopes to help wine enthusiasts do just that. Proden developed an early interest in wine-making while growing up on a dairy farm in Northwest Wisconsin. “Winemaking was initially a hobby. After giving my first batch of wine as Christmas presents in 2006, friends and family encouraged me to enter the wine business,” Proden said. His journey into making wine took flight during his time in the military, where his focus fell on wines of the west coast. “I became interested in wine through cooking during my 11 years in the Air Force as a pilot and engineer, visiting Napa and Sonoma and eventually Oregon as Pinot noir grew in popularity here,” he said. That interest led him to attend wine school at Chemeteka Community College’s Northwest Wine Studies Center where he put his stamp on the craft. “I initially founded the winery under Bodhichitta label in 2009 while attending wine school,” he said. “I was making small batches of wine — 10 to 100 cases at a time - by hand in Salem." Proden gained valuable experience working Crush with Erath, as well as the tasting rooms at Cubanismo and Orchard Heights. He was able to realize the dream of having his own tasting room in 2013, when he opened The Portland Wine Bar. Located downtown just off Pioneer Courthouse Square, it carries Proden's wines, as well as other small labels from Oregon and Washington state. But the search for a new production space soon gained priority. “I had been making my wine in a small, cramped space in Salem until the owner needed I- ‘-IIL|-_ I. JI‘I'.. .I _-l!..-ll..‘ll- “I-- --'..I “I L...-.‘ I.‘I,!.-.f....... .. I- ‘|.I'_... , Nehalem Valley Historical Society,Under Construction,August 2023 Shipment Scans,Misc. Folder 1,The Winery Opening of 2017,P01.tif, P01.tif