Doug Long was done making wine. After moving to Gig Harbor, Wash. in an attempt to retire after three decades of grape growing and winemaking with critical acclaim (e.g. Wine Spectator "Winery of the Decade" in 2000 and a 99-point 1997 vintage for winery David...
What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into the 1960s—or what might seem to be at the retro-fitted, motor-inn-turned-boutique-motel, the Jupiter Hotel in Southeast Portland. A notorious lodging landmark reveled for its live music, affordable...
Self-proclaimed “beer drinkers who love cider,” Grizzly Ciderworks founders Corey Haugen and Andy Petek released their first run of ciders this fall with the hopes to bridge the gap between cider and beer consumers. The winning formula? Hops. With Washington apples...
Priding themselves on fresh, high quality, loose leaf tea from China, Japan, India, Ceylon and South Africa, Port Coquitlam, BC's Tealicious Tea Company has been providing British Columbia with expertise and caliber in tea for more than 11 years. Led by tea...
Like their neighbor a few blocks north (Sound Spirits), Seattle's Batch 206 Distillery conceptually launched once Washington state adopted a small craft law in summer of 2009. As an ode to their area code, Batch 206 began with and holds a focus on "micro-batch"...
Fire? Gig Harbor, Wash.'s 7 Seas Brewing won’t be held back by no stinkin’ fire! Although flames in the building did push the brewery’s launch back six months for their 2008 opening, but they’ve been fueled and blazing hot ever since. One of the first breweries in...
Let's make one thing clear—Woodinville, Wash.'s Mark Ryan Winery is not beating a dead horse. Blends evolve with the vintage, vineyard sources change, new sister brands (see Boardtrack Racer) and wines pop up like flowers in the spring, tasting rooms have opened...
John Sinclair understands that cider lives in the gray area of alcoholic beverage production. The line is finer as far as restrictions, for bottling, packaging, sustainability and more all because Washington hasn't quite decided if it thinks cider falls into the...
Perennial Oregon brewery Rogue Ales took their avant-garde ways to the world of spirits in 2006 by tagging the release of their flagship Dead Guy brand to a whiskey. Since then, Rogue has been furthering their “Grow Your Own” philosophy into their distillery with...
Born into a Bordeaux vineyard, formally educated at the Institute of Oenology of Bordeaux, having wet his feet at Chateau La Tour Blanche in Sauternes and Domaine Mumm in Napa Valley, Laurent Montalieu is more than a three-time tenured Oregon winemaker (see...
