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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Rose Festival hosted an event for grownups Thursday in Downtown Portland.

The Starry Night Wine Walk was a laid-back way to sample Oregon wines and support small businesses.

Organizers laid out empty wine glasses for people to take on a self-guided walking tour through downtown.

Nine different businesses on the route had wines available to taste.

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The hosts say walks like these are a great way to spend an afternoon.

“You go and you start tasting the wines and you end up checking stuff out in the store and then you’ll notice a friend and they’ll come in and hang out and talk,” said Amy Maxwell the CEO of Ticket Tomato, the ticket company managing the event. “It just creates a lot of liveliness and energy.”

Proceeds from the wine walk will benefit the Rose Festival Foundation.