2025 Live Music Series (Free and Open to the Public)
Join us for live music featuring local artists performing in the tasting room (times vary). Performances will take on the patio as weather allows or inside the tasting room. Our four Saturday evening summer shows will take place on the lawn. Click the link above for the 2024 music schedule.
If you are a musician interested in performing at Chemeketa Cellars, you can download our one-page informational flyer here and email contact@chemeketacellars.com.
Community Classes
Chemeketa Cellars hosts a variety of community education classes that are open to the public. Visit our Community Classes page for more info on upcoming opportunities.
Nouveau Release Party ($) - Thursday, November 21, 2024, 6-8 pm
Join Chemeketa Cellars and other local wineries (plus a bonus authentic French Nouveau!) pouring Nouveau and Gamay Noir varietals in celebration of this famous French holiday. Beaujolais Nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay in the Beaujolais region of France to celebrate the end of harvest. Nouveau is traditionally released on the third Thursday of November every year at festive release parties and is meant to be consumed immediately after bottling. Entry includes tastings of Nouveau from local wineries and our student-made Nouveau along food pairings and live music. Wineries will be selling bottles to go and the Chemeketa Cellars tasting room have wine for sale by the glass and bottle. Mingle with Wine Studies students and local wineries pouring Nouveau and Gamay Noir wines, learn about the Nouveau tradition, and enjoy a relaxing evening of lively jazz, lovely Nouveau, and luscious light bites.
Annual Barrel Tasting ($) - Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 6-8 pm
Join the Wine Studies program for a public celebration of the achievements of the program and our talented alumni. You'll have the opportunity to experience barrel tastings hosted by Wine Studies students in the winery along with alumni wineries pouring tastes and selling bottles, live music and a fabulous food spread. The Horticulture program will host a plant sale, where you can stock up on beautiful annuals and perennials grown by Horticulture students at Chemeketa’s Salem campus.
In 2025, we will be celebrating our 25th year in a special way...more details to come!