This story originally ran in our Best of the Northwest 2014 issue. For more in-depth stories like this, subscribe to our quarterly print magazine here. Backdropped by Idaho’s Sawtooth Range of the Rocky Mountains, more specifically the Heyburn and Horstman Peaks,...
Bend, Oregon's Red Tank Cider Co. loves cherry and loves word play. With names like "Grinch" for a holiday release and juice of cherries used in five of the eight seasonals, Red Tank reserves the right to keep playful and cherry on. The Lherry makes both marks here...
The Willamette Valley might be best known for its successful growth of vitis vinifera and hazelnuts, but the region also provides epicureans with fruit delicacies across the board, including Republic of Jam's line of gourmet foods. From house-made jams and...
As Seattle's first 100-percent local grain bourbon, 2bar Spirits has sold out of every batch since their inaugural bottling in late 2013. Launching with vodka and moonshine in October 2012, 2bar successfully funded the commencement of their bourbon program with a...
By true definition, a gaucho is a South American cowboy, a wrangler of the four-legged beasts on the plains (or pampas) of his fertile lowlands. By Northwestern interpretation, El Gaucho is a definitive steak house and ode to the cowboys of the South, a...
The wines of Carlton, Oregon's Lemelson Vineyards speak for themselves—and have the accolades for their delicate, nuanced wines to back those speeches up. The winery design, however, couldn't receive enough praise for its modern design that was light-years ahead of...
Business is good for Liberty Ciderworks, the young Spokane urban cidery that quickly moved from a hobby to a booming profession. Since launching in July 2013 then introducing Spokane (and much of Washington State) to a cidery tap room, Liberty is continuing to...
For 15 years, Victrola Coffee Roasters has been a Capitol Hill, Seattle coffee staple—nay, cult caffeine classic. When the storefront first opened in 2000, it filled a niche the neighborhood hadn't yet seen, holding court as not only a coffee stop but...
AHEM. We'd like to take this time for a little self-promotion. March is Taste Washington Wine Month, with the month capping off on Taste Washington, the nation's largest single-region wine and food event, March 26-29. Over the course of four days, gastronome and...
We were running an hour late and needed to get from Newberg to McMinnville, Oregon. On this recent greater Willamette Valley excursion, I had booked appointments according to Google Maps, which, on paper, said that Newberg to McMinnville was 25 minutes. However,...
