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During the month of February 2026, year four of Winter Waters will work with chefs and tastemakers throughout western Oregon to celebrate regenerative seafood, with an emphasis on farmed sea vegetables and sustainably caught Oregon seafood.

07/11/2026

Chef Jeff Kim’s Japanese fish butchery 🐟 and whole-fish dry aging techniques will be on display in McMinnville, Oregon on Saturday, August 1st, at Alba-Alba: La Gran Tasting. Learn more and get your tickets: https://www.winterwaterspnw.com/events/alba-alba-oregon

This is the world’s FIRST festival all about Oregon Albacore and Albariño wine!

Japanese style fish butchery is all about precision, breaking down tuna along its natural muscle groups to preserve texture, flavor, and quality while making use of nearly every part of the fish. It's a technique that respects both the fish and the people who harvest it. ❤️ 🔪

In addition to the free demo, Chef Jeff will be selling several bites, which you can buy a la carte to pair with your Albariño wine tastings, including:
Albacore toast: Housemade rice bread, albacore, whipped butter, citrus oil, flake salt, radish
Seacuterie: Dry-aged albacore bresaola, jam, crostini

The Willamette Valley wine region has so much to offer and we’re excited for this wine + tuna event, which will showcase the best of Oregon. 🍷 🐟

07/03/2026

Tickets are on sale now to Alba-Alba: A Celebration of Oregon Albacore & Albariño at https://www.winterwaterspnw.com/events/alba-alba-oregon

So, what’s Albariño, after all? 🍷

Albariño is a white variety native to the rainy northwest of Spain and Portugal; it is spelled Alvarinho in Portuguese, and is pronounced the same way. (Al-ba-reen-yo)

🍇 We know that for a wine grape to be successful in a new place, we first need to find a climate that the variety is compatible with. Albariño is naturally happiest is rainy places with mild weather, which makes it a natural fit for Western Oregon. Unlike varieties from Burgundy, it has thick skins and loose bunches, which make it especially well-suited to growing in rainy parts of the world like Galicia, the Minho, and here. Galicia, Western Oregon, and the Minho all share acidic soils; the famous limestone soils of Burgundy are alkaline. In short, we have all the ingredients for making incredible Albariño wine here.

There is a cultural component, too. In Galicia (home of the Rías Baixas DO in Spain, which is Spain’s most famous home for Albariño) as well as in the Minho (home to Vinho Verde DO, which is the most renowned part of Portugal for growing Alvarinho), there is a robust aquaculture economy that is joined by other forms of agriculture: wheat, dairy, olives. Sound familiar? The canning industry is an immense part of the economy in western Iberia, and while it doesn’t have as high of a profile - yet - in the Pacific Northwest, it is nevertheless set up for its own explosive growth one day.

Read more and get tickets to Alba-Alba: A Celebration of Oregon Albacore & Albariño at https://www.winterwaterspnw.com/events

Words by Alba-Alba co-creator, Cesar Medina Maldonado, Medina.

06/26/2026

Shoutout to Living Pacific Seafood for providing gorgeous frozen Oregon Albacore Commission loins for our upcoming Alba-Alba event at Mac Market on August 1st. 👏 🐟 Chefs Jeff Kim of Aji Fish Butchery and Brendan and Haley of Alea Bakery & Cafe will be utilizing this fish in Albacore tuna-centric specials, available for purchase à la carte at the event.

Lear more about Alba-Alba: a Celebration of Oregon Albacore & Albariño: https://www.winterwaterspnw.com/events/alba-alba-oregon

Chefs + restaurant owners, you can buy Oregon-caught Albacore tuna and other local seafood from Living Pacific. Learn more: livingpacificseafoodllc.com or email Geoff at [email protected].

06/22/2026

This is how you’ll find us working at events 🎉 🍷 Always helping set up, break down, prep, and entertainment for our featured chefs, but also always enjoying the party with our incredible guests !

If you’re wanting to know what’s going on these days outside of our proper February series, make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter - we’ve been sending out all sorts of fun updates 🍣

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06/17/2026

Get ready, seafood lovers! Halibut, blackcod, lingcod, and rockfish are coming your way in Port of Port Orford!

The Port Orford Seafood Market will be selling fresh, locally caught fish directly from the waterfront beginning at 10am on June 26 and 27, while supplies last.

This is your chance to buy some of the freshest seafood on the Oregon Coast straight from the source. Arrive early for the best selection because once it’s gone, it’s gone.

06/16/2026

We’re excited to announce that our TUNA-TASTIC summertime event had just launched! Please join us for Alba-Alba: A Celebration of Oregon Albacore and Albariño, on Saturday, August 1st in McMinnville, and Sunday, August 2nd in Newport. 🐟 🍷

Celebrate with us Saturday, August 1, 2026, 5-8pm at Mac Market (TICKETS ONLY $30!) for Alba-Alba: La Gran Tasting, which brings together 14 Albariño producers from Oregon, Washington, California, Spain, Portugal, and Japan for an afternoon of wine, seafood, and coastal culture. This event is in partnership with Medina and Visit McMinnville. ❤️

Continue the journey the following day, Sunday, August 2, 2026, 12-4pm in Discover Newport with a small-group field trip led by Rachelle | Seafood + Travel of Winter Waters and the Oregon Albacore Commission. Limited to just 15 participants, this immersive day offers a behind-the-scenes look at Oregon’s working waterfront and Albacore fishery. 💪 Bring your cooler, because we’ll have to opportunity to buy fresh fish right off the boats!

More info & tickets: https://www.winterwaterspnw.com/events/alba-alba-oregon

06/15/2026

Seaweed took center stage at the 2025 Land Sea Symposium hosted by Cape Perpetua Collaborative + Marine Reserve 🌿🌊

Emily Crabtree of Perpetua Records created an incredible menu showcasing local seaweeds throughout the evening. Guests enjoyed popcorn seasoned with a savory wakame furikake, rice cakes topped with fresh kelp salad, and crisp cucumber appetizers garnished with dressed kelp.

Thanks to the team for including seaweed in your meals for this incredible event around coastal conservation! We thought it was a delicious reminder of the creativity, flavor, and potential that seaweeds bring to our coastal food systems.

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