Jojo and Skyler's wedding at Coopers Hall in Portland, Oregon, was all about color! The couple wanted their wedding "to be bright, unique, and a blast. Our relationship is a little wonderful, a little wild, and something that is unique in this world. We wanted our guests to have a great time with smiles on everyone’s face, vendors included," explains the couple…. [theknot.com]
Sequel weddings, vow renewals, or happily-ever-after parties: those who got married with just a few guests or over Zoom are seeking a second event.
Momo and Julian Ponsetto were engaged way back in the spring of 2019, and they immediately hatched plans for a celebration at Hoyt Arboretum in Portland to take place in May 2020, with a reception to follow at Coopers Hall… [Portland Monthly]
Coopers Hall is honored to be a finalist in their year’s annual Oregon Bride Best of 2022 Awards in the category of Best Winery Venue! Oregon Bride delivers the long-deserved recognition for the trailblazers of the wedding industry. The finalists have been chosen by readers and followers through an online open voting process, and we can’t wait to celebrate with all the finalists and winners on July 21st!
We’re going to take you to an urban winery that is focused on keeping KEGS of wine. We know you’ve heard of wine barrels, but wine by the keg? And then we’ll meet a family of winemakers, including their youngest, who makes her radio debut!
This week’s guests share the stories of Coopers Hall Winery of Portland, and Orenda Winery of Carnation.
**Coopers Hall interview with Joel and Adam starts at 27:00
Like Philadelphia, Portland also offers plenty of industrial spaces for weddings. Jacobsen Salt Co.’s factory and Union Pine are two popular options, but a unique wow factor can be found at the winery and taproom Coopers Hall. The 10,000-square-foot former auto shop was built in a curved Quonset hut structure and is now lined with racks of wooden wine barrels and filled with greenery… [Brides.com]
We made a podcast! “Winesplained: honest talk about sustainable wine” is hosted by our very own Joel Gunderson and Adam Rack. In this debut season of 13 episodes they discuss a vast range of topics that are consistently considered in sustainable wine and the industry as a whole.
Recorded and produced by Talk Cast PDX.
Portland wine scene veteran Joel Gunderson is opening a new bottle shop and wine bar on Northeast Broadway. Heavenly Creatures is the name, and if its Hungarian wine pop-up preview is any indication, this will be one fun place to hang out. Gunderson is an operating partner and wine curator for Coopers Hall, an urban winery and taproom in Southeast Portland. He has created so many thoughtful wine lists for Portland area restaurants, I’ve lost count… [Michael Alberty, The Oregonian]
You may have seen some murmurings on our social media of “Heavenly Creatures”. This will be a new wine shop by Coopers Hall’s Joel Gunderson, located in our CH Northeast event space on NE Broadway St. It’s not open quite yet, but we’re excited to give you a little preview with this very special Furmint February Pop Up this weekend, in collaboration with LONE WOLF Imports.
Trends may come and go, but due to a certain pandemic, people have gained a new sense of perspective. This has effectively rearranged their priorities—health and safety come first before everything else. It’s because of this shift that COVID-19 has affected just about every aspect of a wedding, completely reshaping the way we think about it, plan for it, and celebrate it. Here are 7 post-covid wedding trends to look out for if you’re planning a 2022 wedding.
At long last, the Coopers Hall Taproom has reopened! Join us Tuesday - Thursday, 4 - 9 pm for a perfect weeknight dining experience featuring our Fall menu, 38 wines on tap + beer and a full bar!
From Sarah Olivia Photography: After photographing this wedding, Coopers Hall became one of my favorite wedding venues in Portland. The natural light, plants hanging galore, full-service bar and tap wine offering made this a magical space for a wedding day.
From Lily & Cane: “We’re so excited to introduce a gorgeous new venue, Black Door PDX is an intimate and modern venue nestled in Portland’s Central Eastside. The venue even offers an option to rent the adjacent 4 bedroom home which is sooo beautiful and perfect for both weddings and corporate retreats. We had the wonderful opportunity to assist Black Door with their open house as well as shoot a bridal shoot designed by Kamea Events.”
We’re proud to share that WeddingRule recently named Coopers Hall Winery as a Top Wedding Venue in Portland!
Coopers Hall has a new addition to the family: CH Northeast! After 8 months of a successful hospitality partnership with The Nightwood, we'll be fully taking over operations of the space on June 1st. Located on NE Broadway St and 22nd Ave, CH NE will be a second Event Space for Coopers Hall. This venue is an excellent complement to our flagship Coopers Hall space: it's a warm and welcoming space for weddings…
We love this blog post by Wedding Photographer Katy Weaver! In addition to the beautiful photographs, she shares some great information about the venue, our offerings, plus great nearby locations to shoot wedding photos and neighborhood hotel options!
A 4-week series highlighting imported wines from small distributors and local wine from our nearest and dearest winemaker friends, curated by Coopers Hall partner and sommelier Joel Gunderson.
Vote with your Dollars and Shop Local this holiday season at the Coopers Hall-iday Market. Featuring 40 local makers and vendors, from chocolate, ceramics, jewelry and perfume, to home goods, kids books and dog treats! Coopers Hall wines in our 500 mL bottles and growler fills also available!
Coopers Hall Winery is proud to be featured in Oregon Bride’s 2020 Best of Awards in the following categories: Best Intimate Venue: Finalist; Best Urban Venue: Finalist; Best Winery Venue: Winner; Best All-Round Vendor: Finalist.
Year 2020 has been marked with loss for families and for businesses across the country. The loss of livelihood has hit the foodservice industry and its entire supply chain particularly hard.
Are there any silver linings for restaurants and the produce industry during the pandemic? Chefs and farmers have traits in common. Both have an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for what they do, often spending long days and nights at their craft. [Produce Business Magazine]
In partnership with Lutheran Community Services NW we’re offering a special CSA pick up for Sunday, November 1st. The LCSNW Fall campaign drive is called the Communal Bowl and the funds raised will specifically go to helping refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers rebuild their lives in the Portland area.
The smoke has finally cleared in most of Oregon, but the effects of the wildfires will be felt by some for years to come. A recent article in the New York Times: An American Dream, Scorched in Oregon shares the heart wrenching stories of immigrants in the Southern Oregon communities of Phoenix and Talent that were hit especially hard by the wildfires. Please join Coopers Hall in supporting these relief efforts: these people are integral in our state’s food and wine industries.
The leaves are falling, the air is cool and it’s about time for winter squash, chicories, warm sauces, braised meats and wild mushrooms. This Chef’s Experience menu, full of wild mushrooms, is paired with the spontaneous wild ales of de Garde Brewing.
The new Chef’s Experience Menu runs September 17 to 26 in the Coopers Hall Tap Room. “Beets, a Story” is Chef Keith's ode to the beautiful beets of Prairie Creek Farm.
Globally, we’ve been bound in a moment of great uncertainty. Locally, our industry and lives are being disrupted in ways we could never have foreseen.
Undoubtedly, this is a time for great change and innovation . . .
The Taproom reopens this Thursday, August 27th with both patio and indoor dining and we can’t wait to serve you! Come drink bubbles and dine with us.
Lily and Cane (previously Vintage Meets Modern) hosted a “Rent This Look” photoshoot at Coopers Hall. ”The goal behind it is to create a complete look. We don’t want you to rent from us then have to shop around for more, or worse, end up with an incomplete look that feels bare. All the looks we created with the help of Sara Bergqvist, our friend and stylist. After months of planning, shopping and styling, we spent the day shooting at Coopers Hall.”
Coopers Hall Winery knows a lot about being first. When it opened in 2014, it was the first keg-only winery in Oregon. By not using bottles, the winery has saved more than 315,000 bottles from the recycling bin. And now the winery is embarking on another first. It's become the first winery in the country to bottle its wine in reusable bottles.
Coopers Hall, the Portland winery that’s been putting wine in kegs exclusively since its founding in 2014, is getting into bottles for the retail market. But the move is no concession to mainstream packaging realities — quite the opposite, actually. The winery has unveiled three wines in 500-milliliter refillable bottles in a program with the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative and BottleDrop…
Coopers Hall, the big, bright event space and urban winery filled with plants, is the largest wine bar in town. It brings a unique approach: wine-kegs on tap. Kegs, while more difficult to maintain than bottles, are also more environmentally friendly, and less expensive for wineries to produce, which means high-quality West Coast wines at appreciable prices... [Thrillist]