Located just 30 minutes west of Portland, SakéOne has been changing the public’s perception of saké for nearly 20 years. What began as a venture for importing saké from Japan in the 1990s, grew into...
Spirits
Wishkah River Thirteen Corners Whiskey
“We prefer to think of Thirteen Corners as the number of corners you get when you don’t cut any.” So says Wishkah River Distillery of their Thirteen Corners American Malt Whiskey, crafted in...
Thomas & Sons Distillery Townshend’s White Rose
If you read my write-up of the TOAST 2015 event, you know I'm excited about the potential of Portland's Thomas & Sons Distillery, the new project from the people behind the locally famous...
Col Solare Winery Grappa
Benton City, Washington’s Col Solare Winery isn’t yet licensed to sample their exceptional grappa at their tasting room, but let me take the guesswork out of the equation for you—it’s worth diving...
Letterpress Distilling Vodka
Seattle-based distiller Skip Tognetti named his operation Letterpress to allude to how he makes his spirits—by hand, so it’s apparent to anyone who tastes them that the finished product was created...
Local Proof: West Coast Spirits Take Flight
Monsoon restaurant in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood recently launched a series of spirits flights to educate guests on various spirits. And the best part is that the flights are half price...