Last year we were able to start offering a limited number of our wiking tours. Our current plan is to offer several more wiking tours this summer. However, mother nature is holding us back a bit. We are having one of the wettest springs in the history of Oregon. This has lead to some very…
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Wiking – Oregon Wine Hiking Tours
I wanted to send out an update on the status of our Oregon wine hiking tours, aka our wiking trips. We will be posting more pictures soon. Due to land access issues we were not able to get the entire trail opened this year. However we have a great set of trail at Left Coast…
Wiking – Oregon Hiking Wine Tour – Coming Soon
For a while new we have been working on a new project, a hiking wine tour, also known as wiking. Our goal is to have the hiking tour available for reservations this summer. The trip will showcase some of the great wines in the region, as well as the beauty that the Willamette Valley is…
Now Green Traveler Guide Recommended
We were recently reviewed by the Green Traveler Guide. The Green Traveler Guides is an online guide for those looking for information on green travel. We are happy to announce that they have recommended our wine tour services. For those not familiar with the guide, Planet Green had the following to say: Green Traveler Guides showcases eco-friendly travel…
Eco-Certification from Sustainable Travel International
Grand Cru Wine Tours is pleased to announce that, in our desire to develop sustainable business practices, we are the first wine tour company to become second party eco-certified through the rigorous Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program™ (STEP) offered through Sustainable Travel International (STI). When we started, being green wine tour company was a personal requirement…
Carbon Neutral Challenge Guided Wine Tour
Would you like to learn more about sustainability in Oregon’s wine industry? We have arranged a onetime tour of the Carbon Neutral Challenge Wine Tour Route. While the route has been designed for you, this is your opportunity to have us guide you along the route. We have taken care of all of the details,…
Carbon Neutral Challenge Guided Wine Tour
Would you like to learn more about sustainability in Oregon’s wine industry? We have arranged a onetime tour of the Carbon Neutral Challenge Wine Tour Route. While the route has been designed for you, this is your opportunity to have us guide you along the route. We have taken care of all of the details,…
EcoCertification Celebration Sweepstakes
On Friday we received a letter from Sustainable Travel International stating that they had completed our assessment and were awarding us our first eco-certification star. To celebrate we have decided to give away a free tour for up to four people. The promotion is being run on our facebook page. You can check out the…
Salem Carbon Neutral Challenge Wine Tour
Do you love Oregon’s wines but also care about its environment? Would you like to taste some of the Salem area’s finest wines while meeting some its strongest environmental advocates? Then join Grand Cru Wine Tours on April 16th for the Salem Carbon Neutral Challenge Wine Tour—an exploration of three local vineyards that have completed…
Thank You EcoApprentice and Portland State University
Last summer I met Richard Halpern, founder of EcoApprentice. EcoApprentice was just getting started and was looking for companies that had an ecochallenge that needed solved. He was searching for a project that would require significant time and effort for a team of students from Portland State University to solve. I realized this was a…