Batched & Bottled: 3 Simple Pre-Batched Cocktails

Pre-batching is a technique that industrious bartenders from around the world use to handle a busy night of service. Essentially, it is a way of...

Erath Winery Opens New Tasting Room in Portland’s Pearl District

Erath Winery, one of the pioneering wineries of Oregon’s Willamette Valley and the region’s leading producer of pinot noir – Oregon’s signature...

Pack these Canned Wines for Your Labor Day Weekend

Leave your wine key and fragile glasses at home. Lugging around a wine bottle in your hiking backpack or beach tote isn’t necessary with canned...

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We Dig: Spring Fever Beers

Spring is a time for renewal, growth and revitalization and for people living in the Pacific Northwest, it is an exceptionally beautiful time of year. Sunshine and rain bring budding flowers,...

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Silk Road Gen Mai Cha Green Tea

Though I’m a multi-espresso daily kind of girl, I’m also a keen tea appreciator, even though a green one (and I’m not talking green tea). Tea, like wine, is an infinite subject, and with both...

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Merridale Brandy House Frizz

In addition to the culinary/agritourism powerhouse of Cobble Hill, BC's Merridale Estate Cidery (bistro, ciders, events, etc.) is their distillery. Rick Pipes, co-owner of the Cowichan Valley’s...

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