THE WINE
Great Grapes

We tour local wineries with the winemaker & select the best wines to give you an unforgettable virtual wine dinner, which includes 4 courses and 3 full bottles of wine.

The Food

We source products locally and prepared in-house at Restaurant O from the finest quality ingredients. ​
MasterChef O'Neill personally selects and pairs each wine to complement the dish to bring out the aromas and notes of each wine. Our food is all prepared and designed for easy plating from the comfort of your home.

Made Just for You

We FedEX the wine & food kits directly to your home for an additional fee or you can pick up at Restaurant O. 
Don't stress about a taxi or a babysitter enjoy a customized wine dinner from the comfort of your home by signing onto Zoom and interact with MasterChef O'Neill and the wine maker live.
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Virtual wine dinner founded by DR. Rica Cruz & MasterChef Eoghain O'Neill with their love for fine wine & food.

Virtually Awesome

"My wife,  Dr. Rica Cruz & I designed our virtual wine dinner concept to cure cabin fever, giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy amazing food & wine from the comfort of their home with social distancing in mind."

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Join us for Oregon wine month with our awesome virtual wine dinner with Willamette Valley Vineyards on May 15, 2021, Saturday at 6 pm
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$220/2 persons 4-courses and 3 full bottles of wine
$150/person 4-courses and 3 full bottles of wine
$85/person Dinner only without wine
+20% staff gratuity
Additional charge for FedEx delivery to your home. 

Building a Dream
The “budwood” of Willamette Valley Vineyards began long before its founding in 1983 by vintner Jim Bernau. His Dad, a Roseburg attorney, was hired by California winemaker Richard Sommer to secure one of the first winery license in Oregon since Prohibition. Jim’s Dad allowed small tastes of Richard's wine at the dinner table, lighting a path that led Jim from home winemaking to studies at UC Davis and eventually Beaune, France.

Jim's early “winemaking” grew more from mischief when at the age of 10, he liberated his Mom’s frozen Concord grape juice and followed the description of fermentation he found in the family’s set of Encyclopedias!

In 1983, with the encouragement from winemakers making their move from California, Jim cleared an old pioneer plum orchard in the Salem Hills, hidden underneath scotch broom and blackberry vines to plant Pinot Noir. Unable to afford drip irrigation, he watered the vines by hand using 17 lengths of 75’ garden hose to get the grapelings through their first summer.
Willamette Valley Vineyards has collaboratively grown its estate vineyards through partnerships like the merger with Oregon wine pioneer, Bill Fuller of Tualatin Vineyards (established in 1973), the O'Briens for Elton Vineyard (established in 1983) and Loeza Vineyard (planted in 2015). The winery sources all of its barrel-aged Pinot Noir from its estate-grown vineyards and meticulously farms by hand nearly 500 acres in the valley. 
Since the winery founding in 1983, stewardship of the land has been a key principle in our winemaking. We practice environmentally sustainable farming and were part of the founding of the Low Input Viticulture and Enology (LIVE) program.


Today
 Jim’s vision of organizing wine enthusiasts to help build a world class winery in Oregon has, over time, resulted in the winery being named “One of America’s Great Pinot Noir Producers” by Wine Enthusiast. Among the winery’s unique distinctions is that it's owned by more than 19,000 wine enthusiasts (NASDAQ: WVVI & WVVIP).

Our approach is to grow, by hand, the highest quality fruit using careful canopy management and yield balance, to achieve wines that are truly expressive of the varietal and the place where they are grown. We ferment and barrel each vineyard lot separately and display the best of these in our single vineyard designate bottlings. Our stylistic emphasis is on pure varietal fruit characters, with attention to depth, richness of mouthfeel and balance. The wines are truly a collaborative effort of the entire vineyard and winemaking.


“Our mission in growing cool-climate varietals is to create elegant, classic Oregon wines from the Willamette Valley Appellation. As native Oregonians, we treasure our environment and use sustainable practices in growing and vinifying our wine grapes.”

​Restaurant O Pay It Forward Program.
With each guest's virtual wine dinner, $20 will be donated towards meals for the ARK (At Risk Kids) Project in support of food insecure families.
Last summer, Restaurant O raised thousands of dollars and provided meals to the ARK Project.

"Giving back to our community is close to our hearts at Restaurant O" 
Dr. Rica Cruz ​& MasterChef Eoghain O'Neill 
Benefits of our Virtual Wine Dinner:
1. Cures cabin fever.
2. Social interaction with chef, Eoghain O'Neill,  curated by a wine connoisseur or winemaker, other guests while practicing social distancing.
3. Dress up or dress down, as long as you are decently dressed.
4. Enjoy casual dining or fine dining, you set the ambiance in your own home.
5. No designated driver required.
6. Enjoy the company of your quarantine circle.

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