The Oregon Wine Board is a semi-independent Oregon state agency managing marketing, research and education initiatives that support and advance the Oregon wine and wine grape industry. The Board works on behalf of all Oregon wineries and independent growers throughout the state's diverse winegrowing regions. The Oregon wine grape and wine industry contributes more than $3.3 billion in economic activity to the state economy each year, including more than 17,000wine-related jobs and $527 million in wages. All wines come from someplace, but the best wines can only come from an extraordinary place. Oregon is a world-class wine region with 18 approved winegrowing regions and more than 700 wineries producing 72 varieties of grapes. Come visit to see and taste for yourself what the wine writers and restaurateurs are rhapsodizing about. Oregon's vintners are waiting. When Oregon's wine pioneers looked out across the state's varied landscape they saw what others didn't; a perfect place for wine. They were right. Today, the suitability of Oregon for great wine is unquestioned. There's a home in Oregon for any wine grape, from Arneis to Zinfandel. If you were a wine grape, you'd want to be planted in Oregon. If you are a wine lover, you'll want to visit Oregon and seek out our world class wines where ever you are.