The rolling, fog-laden hills of Italy's Piedmont region are best known for providing optimum terrior for its celebrity variety, Nebbiolo (re: Barolo). Barbera plays second fiddle, especially from...
Ponzi Vineyards 2014 Arneis
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Angela Prosper
Drifters: Hotel Monaco, Portland
Valets in blue checked shirts take your keys, your car, hang your bags on a cart. All the while, you might make small talk about how bad traffic is gotten, or what it is like to live in Seattle or...
Honey Moon Mead & Cider Ciderhead Rhubarb
In the quirky town of Bellingham, Washington sits an equally quirky producer: Honey Moon Mead & Cider. The winery initially stemmed from a passion for creating unique and playful concoctions,...
We Dig: Northwest Growler Stations
You know that beer-filled canteen you keep on hand that sometimes—on a sad, sad day—runs dry, leaving you without proper sudsy sustenance? Well, we’re sure it answers to “growler” for good reason,...
Snoqualmie Falls Brewery Root Beer
Aptly named for the namesake 268-foot waterfall nearby, Snoqualmie Falls Brewery in Snoqualmie, Washington is a historic haunt serving up seven different ales and one root beer seven days a week to...
Tasting Notes: European Styles and Influence
Sometimes, I find the interplay between Northwest wine and European wine to be fascinating. Many winemakers openly aspire to mimic styles and blends found in France, Italy or Spain, and most use...