Forest Grove, Ore., sits at the northwestern point of Willamette Valley—just 30 miles shy of Portland to the west, home to eight wineries and one proud cidery. Bull Run Cider, named for the watershed that supplies the city of Portland and its surrounding areas with...
Local sovereign of liqueurs and eau de vie, Clear Creek Distillery started its reign nearly 30 years ago on founder Steve McCarthy's family orchard in Parkdale, Ore., and named for the creek that runs through it. According to folklore (or the "About Us" portion of...
"They have no apples here to compare with our Newtown Pippin," a cider zealous and loyal patriot and President Thomas Jefferson once wrote about the apple varietal named after his hometown in Virginia while visiting Paris. Although he may have been bias, his heart...
When you want the "juice, the whole juice and nothing but the juice," Genesis Organic Juice in Springfield, Oreg., has got want you need. Providing whole, raw organic juices to the people since 1975, this family-ran and-operated business has purity on a pedestal...
From Florida's Gulf Coast to Oregon's Umpqua Valley, Earl and Hilda Jones took their love of Spanish wine and put it in the ground of Southern Oregon to start Abacela winery. Originally focused on Tempranillo, Abacela was the first to plant the grape variety in the...
Victoria, BC's, craft coffee scene is booming and helping to lead the legions is Bows & Arrows Coffee Roasters, built by Vancouverites Drew Johnson and Leesha Sabine and business partner Amber Fox. The "open-concept" roastery is complete with a warehouse-chic...
All it takes is 15 people to move the mountain that is becoming VISO Energy Drinks. A 10-year-old craft energy and sport drink beverage company based in Portland, VISO has relied on the word of mouth from their 15 employees and local consumer base to get them to...
With a Rhône varietal focus from the warehouses of Woodinville, Wash., Robert Ramsay Cellars strives to partner with growers of the same vein. Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre are the ABCs of Robert Ramsay's wine alphabet, stepping out of line just a handful of times a...
Set amongst the basalt-rich cliffs of East Wenatchee, Wash., Snowdrift Cider Co. produces ciders from cider varieties on their orchard that grown apples, pears, cherries, and grapes in the Wenatchee Valley since the 1940s. The current orchard was planted in the...
'Tis the season for locally grown and hand-plucked herbs to get motley in a glass with gin. Toss in a couple now-sparse and coveted limes with a splash of soda or tonic—you've got yourself a craft cocktail your grandpa could even do. But the focal point for an...
