🍷 Newsletter: Sherwood wineries form alliance to promote tourism

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Issue 41 | Thursday, July 30, 2026

Hello, neighbor! Welcome to the Sherwood Sun weekly newsletter.

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In this week's edition, we cover the Sherwood Winery Alliance recently formed to promote local agritourism, how Our Table Co-op is now 100% solar-paneled, and all about who won Sherwood's community enhancement program grants.

Did you enter our "Festival Fits" community photo contest for July? See the winning photograph from the Sherwood Robin Hood Festival here.

After that, check out our contributed monthly column from the Sherwood Historical Society, all about rural mail routes dating back to 1900.

Before you go, visit our comprehensive local events calendar to find out about fun things to do this week right here in Sherwood.

Support local journalism and your neighbors, and read on!

— Jules Rogers, founder, editor, neighbor

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Let's get straight to the news:

🍅 Our Table: A trip back in time to ensure our future

Our Table’s farm is now 100% solar-paneled.

🍇 Sherwood wineries form alliance to promote tourism

The newly formed alliance seeks to position Sherwood as a premier wine destination through collaboration, joint marketing, and agritourism initiatives.

💰 Here are Sherwood's Community Enhancement Grant winners

From art to festivals to jazz band camp, here's what the money will go toward.

🤴 July Photo Contest: Festival Fits winner

Here is the winner of the Sherwood Sun's Festival Fits July community photo contest. Did you enter?

📮 Sherwood Historical Society Column: History research tells a story

The Heritage Center gets all sorts of requests. and one of our most recent deals with rural route numbers which were the mainstay of how we got our mail from 1900 until about 2002.

🗓️ What's happening in Sherwood this week?

Here is what's on our calendar from July 30-August 5. Don't miss out on your favorite local events going on right here in Sherwood!

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Thursday | July 30

• Bilingual Storytime in the Park — 10:30-11:30 a.m., Cannery Square
• Be 2 Weeks Ready — 10:30 a.m.-noon, Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center
• Cardio Drumming — 2:30 p.m., Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center
• Paint with Friends — 5-8 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder and Warfare
• Music Bingo Thursdays — 6:30-8:30 p.m., BearKat Brewing Company

Friday | July 31

• Chair Yoga — 10:45 a.m., Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center
• Karina's Kitchen Takeover: Crispy Chicken Tacos — 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post 56
• Friday Night Magic: The Gathering draft — 6:30-9:30 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder & Warfare
• Sherwood Foundation for the Arts Presents: Once Upon a Mattress — 7 p.m., Sherwood Center for the Arts
• Live Music with Bez Moto — 7-9:30 p.m., 503 Uncorked

Saturday | August 1

• Cars & Coffee — 8-11 a.m., Langer's Entertainment Center parking lot
• Saturday Market — 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Cannery Square
• Olea Vineyards Pastry Pop-up — 1-6 p.m., Olea Vineyards Old Town Tasting Room
• Mini Porcelain Animal Workshop — 2-4 p.m., Sherwood Public Library
• Sherwood Foundation for the Arts Presents: Once Upon a Mattress — 7 p.m., Sherwood Center for the Arts
• Shakespeare in the Park: As you Like It, by Original Practice Shakespeare — 7-9 p.m., Veterans' Memorial Park
• Live Music with Andrew Redland — 7-9:30 p.m., 503 Uncorked
• OMSI Star Party — 8-11 p.m., Chehalem Estate Tasting Room

Sunday | August 2

• Trivia Brunch Buffet — 11 a.m.-2 p.m., The Tack Room
• Sherwood Foundation for the Arts Presents: Once Upon a Mattress — 3:30 p.m., Sherwood Center for the Arts
• Hololive Casual Play — 5-8 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder and Warfare

Monday | August 3

• Mystery Monday Book Group: Glory Be — 4-5 p.m., Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center
• Magic: The Gathering Legacy game night — 6:30-9:30 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder and Warfare
• Brewery Bingo — 6:30-9:30 p.m., The Tack Room

Tuesday | August 4

• Lunch and Fun at Langer Park – 11 a.m.-noon, Langer Park                          
• Smash Bros. Tourney — 2-4 p.m., Sherwood Public Library
• National Night Out with Sherwood Police Department — 5-8 p.m., Sherwood Regional Family YMCA
• OpinioNation —  6-8 p.m., The Tack Room
• Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play — 6:30-11:30 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder and Warfare
• Sherwood City Council meeting — 7-8 p.m., Sherwood City Hall
• Trivia Tuesday — 7-8:30 p.m., 503 Uncorked

Wednesday | August 5

• All Ages Storytime — 9:30-11:15 a.m., Sherwood Public Library
• Let's Talk Aging: Moving — 10:30 a.m.-noon, Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center
• Marvel Crisis Protocol — 6-9 p.m., Glimpses of Wonder and Warfare
• Bingo — 6-7:30 p.m., Generations Sports Bar & Grill
• Trivia in the Tack Room — 6-8 p.m., The Tack Room
• Music on the Green: Band After Midnight — 6:30-8:30 p.m., Stella Olsen Memorial Park
• 503 Bunco Nights — 6:30-8:30 p.m., 503 Uncorked
• Trivia Wednesdays — 6:30-8:30 p.m., BearKat Brewing

Check with the host before attending events. The Sherwood Sun is not responsible for schedule changes.