The original Stanley Park Brewing was established in 1897 on the south shore of Lost Lagoon in Vancouver, BC's Stanley Park. The brewery today has re-established itself as Canada's first sustainable brewery, producing brews that are new to the region and even to...
Terroir doesn't always get the respect it deserves. Some critics curl their lips at it, debating the impact "Bordeaux-like soils and terroir" really has on local land. Case and point of terroir, for this particular writer, is Susan Meredith and Frank Mitchell's...
As one of the founding farming families of Salem, Ore., the Zielinskis and E.Z. Orchards have been working the land of central Willamette Valley since 1929. Running a farmers market that changes with the seasons, E.Z. Orchards is also famous for their shortcakes...
Former cosmetic chemist Cory Clark started Soda Jerk Sodas in the fashion of a classic 1950s drug store soda jerk earlier this year with a stand at the Ballard Farmers Market in Seattle. Clark now has stands at four farmers markets in the Seattle area, all sporting...
Ted Pappas opened Big Bottom Whiskey in 2010 with the focus of producing 36% rye American straight bourbon, at strictly 91 proof. The '91 is a salute to his classmates of the 1991 Delta Company at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Even the name...
Young homebrewers all grown up, Ty Barnett and Curt Plants founded Goodlife Brewing Company in Bend, Ore. in 2011, as number nine on the growing list of breweries in the city limits. Operating on a 30-barrel, four-vessel brew system built in their home state,...
Philanthropists, environmentalists, sustainable farmers and producers, the folks behind Finnriver Farm & Cidery have many names. Their Farmstead Sparkling Cider puts a bottle to the names, with its charity efforts giving back to the land and community of...
Dubbed as the "stubby"—due to its short and stout packaging—Stumptown Coffee has put their popular Cold Brew Coffee on the shelf at retailers around the Northwest. Fans of the roaster will get the same formula brewed in the cafe, just now in a bottle and ready for...
Medford, Ore.'s Immortal Spirits & Distilling Company was the first to make single malt whiskey in Southern Oregon, done so in hand-hammered pot stills they forged themselves, producing only small batches of spirits. The Eau de Vie Poire, their pear brandy, is...
The increasingly popular blend of Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc in Washington state is transformed and revised by winemaker Caleb Foster of Buty Winery in his 2011 Sémillon, Sauvignon & Muscadelle. Mostly because of the latter, Foster's blend is balanced out by...
