A genuine, handmade husband-and-wife team brings farmers markets and local boutiques the jams, shrubs, sundries and more fruit-based concoctions of Sweet Caroline's. All the rage for mocktails and cocktails alike, shrubs (also known as drinking vinegars) are making...
The Fairmont Hotels & Resorts have a legacy that extends well beyond its buildings of stature in the Pacific Northwest, from sea to shining sea across the U.S. and Canada and from Cairo to Bali and Hamburg. Each location is befitting of its surroundings: the...
When we sat down with John Robertson, co-founder and managing member of Bellevue Brewing Company, he had just returned from the Craft Brewers Conference and he was adrenalized by the innovation and future of beer. "From the equipment to the packaging to the general...
Not many Northwest wineries stem their name in the mysterious tongue of the Celts. But with Sheila Nicholas' Scottish heritage and Nick Nicholas' California wine country upbringing, Anam Cara, meaning "friend of my soul," was a natural title for the longtime couple...
With purple-streaked hair and "too many opinions," Rebecca SerVoss left her corporate job and put her passion into production with a line of Northwest-made shrubs. The Shrubbery, a play-on-words and nod to the cult film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," was...
Ashley Trout crafts Malbecs of intention. "I think variety is the spice of life and no one is giving [Malbec] the credit it deserves," Trout says of her star grape. "For me, making Malbec is making a statement in many ways." In the case of her Flying Trout Wines,...
The time for Bend, Oregon is now. Actually, it's been for the past couple years but the central Oregon mountain town is enjoying a tenured heyday as a drink haven for outdoor enthusiasts and telecommuters, tourists and locals alike. Although the outskirts have...
Seattle Cider Company has seen colossal growth in recent months. With the expansion of a new taproom and production space to open early this summer, distribution has also hit nearly double digit markets and demand for the ciders is on the rise. The team has sought...
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 that was also the driveway for several residences whose dwellers...
Famous Floridian and celebrated former NFL quarterback Dan Marino is a big fan of Washington wine. A man of many years on the road, Marino came across the Bordeaux-style blends from the state on opposing ends of the country and began to gauge the interest around...
