In our current spring issue of Sip Northwest, Sonja Groset details four drink-related books to thumb through for solid summer reading. 1) Portland-based bartender and writer Jacob Grier is on a...
We Dig: Literary Libations
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Angela Prosper
Tasting Room Etiquette
As I’m sure you all recall, last time I spoke a bit about how “tasting room culture” has become an intrinsic part of the Northwest wine industry. Yet one question remained largely unanswered: what...
Finnriver Farm & Cidery Black Currant
Finnriver Farm and Cidery'’s Black Currant is a liqueur rooted in brandy, made by a farm-based cidery and masquerading as a fruit wine. Over in Chimacum, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the...
Grazers: Nick’s Italian Cafe
It is generally a good sign with the owner can’t seem to part with his business. Nick Peirano, who started his eponymous Italian restaurant Nick's Italian Cafe in the heart of Oregon wine country in...
Skookum Brewery Mammoth Jack Double India Pale Ale
Until summer 2012, Skookum Brewery was more affectionately known as "Beer in the Woods." The Arlington, Washington brewery was just that—a brewpub and taproom off a rural road in Arlington, a road...
Culinary Chemistry: Sweet and Savory Cider Chicken Thighs
Roughly translating into “deliciousness,” the Japanese flavor sensory term umami is precisely that—delicious. More subtle than its siblings sweet, sour, salty and bitter, the hard-to-peg but...