"Humm is a vibration. Humm is music. Humm is the sound of happiness. Humm is a feeling that goes on and on." Humm is kombucha you definitely want to try. Formerly known as Kombucha Mama, Bend, Ore.,'s Humm Kombucha is still the same, double-decade old kombucha...
Let's start this out right—it is pronounced MET-how. Northeast Washington's Methow Valley is home to the eponymous Methow Valley Ciderhouse in Winthrop, Wash., where Richard and Lynne Wasson bought a soil-rich 15-acre property in 2004. With their hopes sent on...
Paramount political leader and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, may or may not have been talking about cheese when he said: “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” However, the activist’s assertion still holds—culture, both in cheese...
Stuff a baked apple with all your classic fall pie spices—cloves, allspice, nutmeg, ginger—and you have Nightside Distillery’s Apple Pie. Derived from Washington apples and pure cane sugar, this neutral grain-based liqueur clocks in at 60 proof, and incorporates a...
James Walton started East Vancouver's Storm Brewing because he wanted to drink the kind of beer he couldn't find locally. And started his then micro-brewery with the release of the Red Sky Alt ale, which was modeled after German Alt Biers of the "Golden Years of...
The love of the land is a distinction of winemaker Anne Hubatch. With a degree in geology and environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin and work experience under Oregon vineyard greats (Adelsheim, Apolloni and more), Hubatch started Helioterra Wines in...
Committed to producing true perry made from high quality Asian pears grown on Washington's Vashon Island, Nashi Orchards released its inaugural vintage perry in July. As one of the few perry makers in the world who use Asian pears, also known as "nashi" in their...
For TeaVert founder and CEO Larissa Simontov, drinking tea is about the experience. Growing up in Таshkent (an ancient city now in Uzbekistan on the Great Silk Road from China to Europe), Simontov started her Seattle-based company on the premise that tea was the...
Hood River, Ore.,'s Double Mountain Brewery gets sour with their seasonal series of Kriek ales, the lambic Belgian style beer made with Brettanomyces wild yeast and fresh fruit picked cherries from Double Mountain’s estate orchard. Brewed once a year with a vintage...
Isn't wordplay fun? Corvallis, Ore.,'s 2 Towns Ciderhouse thinks so and shows it with their limited release apricot cider, 'Cot in the Act. Each batch of the specialty cider is brewed with juice from 50 pounds of ripe apricots, making it a unique entity in the...
