Tuesday, May 13th
Love & Squalor Wine Dinner
Join us for an intimate evening with Matt Berson, Vintner and Winery Owner of Portland Wine Company and Love & Squalor of Willamette Valley, Oregon!

Details coming soon!

Portland Wine Company is a full service winery with a cozy tasting room, outdoor seating and event space in beautiful inner SE Portland, Oregon. We have been making Love & Squalor since 2006, and opened our tasting room in 2019. We specialize in hand-crafted Oregon Natural Wine, producing Riesling, Pinot Noir, Orange Wine (Skin Contact Gewürztraminer & Pinot Gris), Gamay Noir, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc among others. The Portland Wine Company brands include Love & Squalor, Mothershucker, Pet Matt Sparkling Wines, Garageland and Marty (the Behemoth red blend).

In 2003, I was rescued from the restaurant grind by a band of marauding Oregon winemakers. I worked in their cellars and vineyards until it got under my skin. Then I traveled to New Zealand, Napa, Germany, and Argentina, to work in their vineyards and wineries and discover the secret of making great wines. Sure, it’s a glamorous lifestyle (cue needle scratching across vinyl)—it’s actually incredibly hard work with equal parts barrel heaving, lab tinkering, hand wringing, and business minutiae.

I love what I do and learn something new every day. Hard work aside, getting back to basics and finding simple ways of doing things—such as making tasty wines for different moods, foods, and palates—is part of the creative process that truly drives my passion for this labor of love.