In case you haven’t heard the good news, it’s Oregon Wine Month. It’s time to bake up some decadence — you deserve it. Alisha Falkenstein, the innovative pastry chef from Pazzo Ristorante at the...
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Know Your Oregon’s AVAs: Part 1
The start of Oregon Wine Month is here, and it’s important to understand exactly where your local wines come from within the state. Oregon is compromised of 18 specific winegrowing regions, each...
Day Camp Encourages Play
Taking a page from a chapter in her own life, Brianne Day — the winemaker behind Day Wines — recently opened a cooperative tasting room in Yamhill County. Day Camp features a total of 11 small wine...
Tasting Notes: Wine’s Forces of Nature
Standing on top of Owen Roe’s Union Gap Vineyard in Washington's western Yakima Valley, I got a sense for the incredible convergence of powerful geologic forces that shaped the very ground I stood...
Beer Hall of Fame Inductee: Sockeye Brewing Dagger Falls India Pale Ale
Welcome back to Sip Northwest’s Beer Hall of Fame: a twice-monthly induction into a list of essential Northwest beers that have made their mark on the field and region. If you don’t expect it,...
Choose Your Own Adventure at Ciudad
By Megan Hill Ciudad and its sibling cocktail spot, Bar Ciudad, carve out a welcoming retreat in a busy industrial corner of Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Entering the restaurant’s concrete...