CREATE YOUR THROWBACK WEEKEND EVENTS & SPECIAL OFFERS. See the flyer below for inspiration.

Join member wineries across the valley in celebration of the Willamette Valley AVA's 40th Anniversary year. Lean-in to all things 1983 and bring some retro flare to your tasting room, wine flights, events, promotions, and online sales channels. See the inspirational flyer below to kick-start your creativity. We'll promote these events & offers in all email campaigns throughout the month of February, so it's best to correspond your offers with this time period.

Our PR guru, Emily Petterson, will be sharing our Throwback Weekend events, offers and information with media on February 12th so we recommend having these events & offers posted by February 1, in plenty of time to be included in her media communications.

Submit your 1983 Throwback Weekend offers through the WV Member Portal. Look for the 40th Anniversary Weekend tag when you set these up.

SPECIAL OFFERS: Select Collateral > Special Offers.
EVENTS: Select Collateral > Calendar of Events, and select all applicable categories, including "40th Anniversary Weekend". We access your listing and event postings to populate email campaigns and social media platforms with up-do-date happenings.

Of course, any and all events & special offers are welcome (and encouraged) so don't be afraid to create more than one!

For those of us who lived the 80s, it was a critical year responsible for the introduction of pop-culture essentials like Chicken McNuggets, the Atari 5200 Gaming System, and Cabbage Patch Kids. It was the last time Baltimore won the World Series, Michael Jackson's Billie Jean reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100, and Nicolas Cage starred in Valley Girl.

Undeniably, 1983 changed the world. 😎

So dust off those Ray-Bans, bust out that Members Only jacket, unearth your Madonna posters and party like it's 1983.

DOWNLOAD THE INSPIRATION FLYER BELOW.

Use #wvcelebrates40 and @wvwines in posts on your social channels so that we can re-share and add them to our social streams. (Reminder: You must tag us @wvwines in your instagram stories for us to be able to share them!) The hashtag #wvwines is always ongoing, so use that, too. 

We are especially seeking high-quality historical photos of the founding of your winery or brand, or tell the story of your founders or teams. Of course, anything from the 1980s is especially useful. Send Julie your high-quality original (not linked from Instagram) photos. Remember that authenticity is the key to great social media. Be yourself and speak for yourself.

UPLOAD YOUR VINTAGE PHOTOS

We encourage utilizing the Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield University to inspire your historic deep-dive and/or to just have a little fun reminiscing about the good ol' days. 😎

Joe and Pat Campbell - Elk Cove Vineyards