Oregon Wine Council

Wine Minute: Oregon Wine Looks Ahead To 2022
Wine Minute: Oregon Wine Looks Ahead To 2022
Wine Minute: Oregon Wine Looks Ahead To 2022
In today's Wine Minute, we ask Elin Miller with the Oregon Wine Council about her thoughts of the upcoming 2022 legislative session. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...
Oregon OSHA Adopts New Heat Related Rules
Oregon OSHA Adopts New Heat Related Rules
Oregon OSHA Adopts New Heat Related Rules
Last week, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, OSHA, adopted an emergency rule requiring employers to put new safeguards in place during extreme heat events. Under the new rules, when the heat index is at or above 80 degrees, employers are required to provide access to “sufficient shade and an adequate supply of drinking water”. When the ...
Miller: Ag Overtime Would Make Farming In Oregon Challenging
Miller: Ag Overtime Would Make Farming In Oregon Challenging
Miller: Ag Overtime Would Make Farming In Oregon Challenging
House Bill 2358, legislation mandating agricultural employers in Oregon pay overtime wages, once workers pass 40 hours a week, is scheduled to get another public hear Monday afternoon in the House Committee on Business and Labor. Elin Miller Co-chair of the Oregon Wine Council says the proposal would put a huge financial burden on growers and producers across the state, as well as hurt employees
Oregon Wine Industry Facing Potential 1,700% Tax Increase
Oregon Wine Industry Facing Potential 1,700% Tax Increase
Oregon Wine Industry Facing Potential 1,700% Tax Increase
Lawmakers in Oregon have proposed raising taxes on the wine industry. The increase works out to a 1,700% increase, which comes out to roughly $2.00 per bottle. Elin Miller, with the Oregon Wine Council, said after the challenges of 2020, not only the pandemic, but devastating wildfires and smoke taint, this increase will hit the industry hard ...
West Coast Grape Growers Asking Congress For Help
West Coast Grape Growers Asking Congress For Help
West Coast Grape Growers Asking Congress For Help
On Tuesday the wine industry asked Congress for help to rebound from this months’ devastating wildfires. The Washington, Oregon and California farm bureaus, the Washington Winegrowers Association, the Oregon Wine Board, the Oregon Winegrowers Association, California Association of Grape Growers, California Wine Institute, Oregon Wine Board, Winegrape Growers of America, and Wine America asked Con
Second Wine Group Forms In Oregon
Second Wine Group Forms In Oregon
Second Wine Group Forms In Oregon
Wine businesses unhappy with the Oregon Wine Association have created a second trade group.  The new coalition of Oregon wine industry stakeholders on Friday announced they had formed the Oregon Wine Council.  Members earlier this year opposed wine legislation they viewed as “anti-competitive.”  The new grou...