Aurora Colony Vineyards
About This Vendor
A Rustic, Romantic Setting
Aurora Colony Vineyards is a wedding venue in Aurora, OR, just 25 minutes from Portland and Salem. These private acres feature both indoor and outdoor setting options to host events of various sizes. You will have an array of backdrops to choose from, from the picturesque gardens to the rustic, yet modern, event center, to bring your wedding vision to life. You will be welcome to start your day in the onsite get-ready suites, where you can prepare for your ceremony alongside your wedding party. You can then make your way to the variety of event spaces, which can host from 40 to 300 guests at a time. The most spacious setting is the tiered amphitheater, where surrounding trees and vineyards make for a naturally enchanting atmosphere. After you exchange your vows, your guests can enjoy cocktail hour on the covered patio, manicured lawn, or courtyard. For your reception, the event center's indoor space features an open floor plan for you to create any seating arrangement you prefer. Elegant chandeliers and large, accordion glass doors surround the room, creating a bright, airy atmosphere for you and your loved ones to dine and dance the night away. If you prefer a more intimate setting, the Tasting Room and attached patio offers a rustic atmosphere to accommodate up to 45 guests. Aurora Colony Vineyards features a team of skilled event staff to help you and your guests throughout your celebration. Our venue coordinator will work closely with you and your wedding planner to ensure everything goes according to plan. Wine barrels, movable bars, chairs, and tables are some items included in the venue rental. From your engagement party to your reception, our team will work to ensure you get the most out of your venue rental at Aurora Colony Vineyards.
Amenities + Details
Ceremony Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
Civil Union, Commitment Ceremony, Elopement, Interfaith Ceremony, Non-Religious Ceremony, Religious Ceremony, Second Wedding , Vow Renewal Ceremony
Guest Capacity
300+
Settings
Ballroom, Garden, Trees, Vineyard & Winery
Venue Service Offerings
Bar & Drinks, Food & Catering, Rentals & Equipment, Service Staff
Aurora Colony Vineyards Reviews
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My dream was to have our reception at a vineyard. Being in May, we wanted to make sure there was a covered option in case of rain. ACV was one of the only venues we found that could accommodate 150+ guests in an indoor/outdoor venue within a 30...
minute drive from Portland. Sherri from ACV was great! She was very quick to respond to our many questions and we had a fun time tasting wine for the wedding. She was also present during our reception pouring wine to guests and helping coordinate with vendors.
Dancing & Speeches: Due to the possibility of rain during our wedding, our DJ set up inside. It was difficult to hear with the acoustics of the chapel; however, we have since been to another event in the chapel and they have added sound boards to help the acoustics.
Food & Drink: We were given a list of 4 caterers to choose from. As far as drinks, we had Solute Mobile Bar serve cocktails during cocktail hour and brought in our own beer and seltzer to serve in addition to ACV wine.
Seriously best venue ever! It was also our most affordable and they have great wine! I feel like all the other venues to toured there were too many rules of what you could and could not do, but Aurora Colony Vineyards was perfect and beautiful....
All the chairs and tables were provided with the rental and they have air conditioned bridal and groom suites for the day-of included. Brides with a train on their dress....THIS is your venue. Once you see the aisle you’ll know right away. It is to die for!!! Seriously everything was amazing at this venue, bathrooms provided for guests and they have preferred vendors for catering they work very closely with but you can have any caterer with a fee. There are different options for how you want to set up your reception.
The only downfall of this venue to me, was that you only get a 9 hour window and you have to add each additional hour for a fee. If you have a wedding planner than that’s plenty of time, but if you do a lot of planning yourself with friends and family doing a lot of the work, having more time is necessary for the set-up and that kinda of sucked to have to pay for a few hours earlier when obviously the venue wasn’t going to be utilized anyways. Just seems like they try to get your money that way.
Truly though that was so minor compared to all the amazing things they provided. They also have big tents for shade for hot weather or rain, for an additional fee. Definitely recommend to anyone with 250 or less people!
Thank you Aurora Colony Vineyards!
I recently had my wedding here on July 15th and when I returned home from my honeymoon I was very disappointed to learn how this venue treated my wedding coordinator, my other vendors, and my friends and family helping with the wedding.
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Jennifer and John are both extremely hard to get ahold of to help with questions. There is not an on site receptionist, so the person that does answer the phone does not know many answers.
This venue is not a lot of bang for your buck. They upcharge on everything. Outside catering, use of the venue for longer than 9 hours, using table and chairs etc.
They are extremely disorganized. Not once but twice I got a receipt written on a napkin for my payments of over 1,000 dollars.
They absolutely do not take fault for anything they have done wrong. My coordinator gave multiple maps as to where we would like the chairs for the wedding and they still did them incorrectly. Which resulted in my husband and the groomsmen fixing everything 2 hours before the wedding.
The only thing they had going for them was that the venue is pretty.
Had I had to deal with how they treated my coordinator the day of I'm sure I would have been a stressed out, in tears bride. Would not recommend to any of my friends looking for a venue.
My advice for anyone looking for a venue is do not use this one!! This was the worst experience of my entire wedding planning.Jennifer seems great until you book the venue then from there everything goes down hill.Not only did she tell me she t...
hat I should hire a coordinator to measure the platform at her venue,but at the same time she neglected to remember that I had a coordinator and she had introduced herself to Jennifer four times previously.Jennifer couldn't remember the rules to the contract that I signed and tried to tell me at first that I could not have the catering company I had hired,once she reviewed the contract she realized she could not in force,and well now she is going to look at having them as a preferred vendor. Not only was Jennifer not helpful with anything,she was unprofessional,and extremely hard to work with.If I would have had the opportunity I could have found a different venue,but by the time she started to show her true colors It was too late to find another venue with an opening.The day of my rehearsal Jennifer, interrupted my rehearsal practice to get her questions answered. The contact also has a lot of hidden fees like insurance,permits, etcs. The day of my wedding went well, she did have all my items set up and we had to do minimal moving or correction. However the father of the groom lost his very special watch the day of the wedding.He called the venue the next day, no one would return his calls. He called at least four times and never had a returned call. He finally asked for Jennifer's number, and finally almost three weeks after the wedding got ahold of her.Her response to him about his watch was,"if we see if we will let you know,but we will not look for it."Over all the venue is beautiful and the owner is very nice. However working with Jennifer is not worth it. She is lazy and unhelpful and for spending over 7k at her venue I would have expected her to at least offer us the bare minimum which she could not even accomplish.
Our wedding was in early June and over 100 degrees, which is super rare for the area. Besides that, our wedding day went wonderfully. The venue was beautiful - a little strict on some things which is understandable, but overall a very good choi...
ce. The small chapel is beautiful and air conditioned and the bridal suite was wonderful too. Any kind of decor would look lovely, but the venue itself is so beautiful that it really wouldnt need much. Able to bring your own food for a fee, and You get use of the venue from 2 - 11, when everything must be cleaned up. Music must be off by 10. Perfect venue for a large wedding like ours!
This venue was perfect. It was beautiful, quiet, and affordable. We were able to use the whole area and have the venue for 8+ hours. Plus, Jennifer is really helpful! We were also able to have our own caterer, which was important to me.
Contact Info for Aurora Colony Vineyards
21338 Oak Ln NE, Aurora, OR | Portland, Salem, Willamette Valley
Meet the Team
Alyse Knudsen
Coordinator
Alyse has been with Aurora Colony Vineyards since 2015 in both marketing and venue coordinating roles. She loves the atmosphere of the winery and vineyards - so much so that she and her husband were married here!
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