Erin James

Drifters: Inn at Desert Wind

Two generations, two states and two estates—the Fries family first broke ground on their passion for wine in Oregon’s Dundee Hills AVA in 1984. The property transformed over the next few years—with a planting of a 13-acre vineyard to make “house wine” to producing...

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Grazers: Shaker + Spear

Finding success as a restaurant isn't easy—something many chefs and restauranteurs will tell you upfront and in great detail whilst sipping tequila. Finding success, and credibility, as a restaurant in a hotel is even more challenging. Since opening in the lobby...

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Redhook Brewery ESB

Redhook Brewery's beloved ESB is celebrating 1987—its birth year—when the still-miniscule, then-Ballard, Seattle brewery was experimenting out of their transmission shop along the sound. British-style beers were the focus at the time but then brewers Paul Shipman...

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Drifters: Shore Lodge

Payette Lake expands out to 5,330 acres of glacial waters at 5,000 feet elevation in western Idaho wilderness, with McCall, Idaho’s Shore Lodge holding down lakeside since 1948. Just two hours in the car from Boise, the Shore Lodge is a waterfront refuge amidst the...

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