Chemeketa Eola Viticulture Center

Chemeketa Eola, also known as the Northwest Wine Studies Center, is an event venue and working winery campus of Chemeketa Community College in West Salem, Oregon. The center sits on more than 40 acres, including 8 acres of vineyard planted with over a dozen grape varietals, and houses a fully functioning estate winery alongside 4,000 square feet of meeting room and event space. Its wines are produced by students in the college's Wine Studies program and poured in the on-site Chemeketa Cellars tasting room. The event venue occupies Building 1 and includes three meeting rooms that can be combined into one larger space, a commercial kitchen, the Chemeketa Cellars tasting room, a patio overlooking the vineyard and valley, and a landscaped lawn and garden area. The full indoor space seats up to 208 guests at tables, while the tasting room seats 40 and the patio accommodates 60. It's a setting suited to weddings, corporate meetings, retreats, conferences, celebrations of life, and wine tasting events alike, with the surrounding vineyard rows and valley views lending a natural backdrop for ceremonies and receptions. Renters receive exclusive use of the venue along with tables, chairs, a computer workstation, projector, screen, and sound system in each meeting room, plus WiFi throughout. Chemeketa Cellars provides bar service for events, pouring its own wine alongside beer, cider, and non-alcoholic options, and the campus is ADA-compliant with more than 135 parking spaces available.