Wine & Words: Exploring Landscape Through Wine and Poetry
May 16, 2025 | 5-7 PM
Tickets: $85 Early Bird / $100 General

Join us for an intimate evening of wine and poetry with James Beard Semifinalist sommelier Hannah Leigh of Coquine and poet Aileen Keown Vaux.

Hannah Leigh will guide guests through four wines, exploring the relationship between landscape and winemaking, and how to discern place in a glass.

Following the tasting, Aileen Keown Vaux will read a selection of poems, considering how sustained attention to the natural world shapes language and form.

Wine & Words centers the environment in an evening of taste and appreciation.

Each ticket includes four wines and a selection of small bites. Wines will be available for purchase following the event.

About the Hosts

Aileen Keown Vaux is a poet, essayist, and educator who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. Their chapbook Consolation Prize was published by Scablands Books, and their debut full-length poetry book Sad Man Happy Hour is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press. They live and work in Portland, OR. aileenkv.com

Hannah Leigh is a sommelier and wine educator with nine years of fine dining experience. She earned her sommelier certification in 2019 through the Court of Master Sommeliers and holds a BA in Environmental Sociology from Whitman College. She currently runs the wine program at the James Beard award-winning restaurant Coquine in Portland, OR.