It is harder to find a more quintessential representation of the Oregon farm, then at EZ Orchard Farm Market out of the Willamette Valley. First opened in 1929 by Edward Valentine Zielinski, EZ...
EZ Orchards Hawk Haus Cider
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We Dig: New Breweries in 2015
While we may be well into 2015 (I know, right?), many of the years’ new breweries are only just starting to get off the ground. But with hundreds (literally) of new breweries currently in the works,...
Taste Washington on the Farm: In Which Sip Northwest Eats Butter in Bulk
It started with a brick of butter. A 7-inch cube of the yellowest, sweetest, creamiest butter—made with the milk of cows mooing nearby at Kurtwood Farms on Washington's Vashon Island. Kurt...
Old Salt Merchants Equator Green Tea
Slapped with tastefully chic nautical branding, the products of Old Salt Merchants in Washington's seaport of Port Townsend don the face of Butch, the curmudgeonly fictitious seaman who represents...
Tasting Note: The New Ripeness
Your wine has changed, and you might not even know it. The wines you buy from Northwest winemakers are subtly but discernibly different than the ones you might have found even just a decade ago. An...
Big Bottom Distilling Oregon Gin
Lately I’ve been interested in the development of regional Northwest gin styles—so interested that I investigated the topic as the cover story for our spirits-focused winter print issue. There are...