The beloved 2008 vintage in the general Willamette Valley was also a hit for the all female-ran operation of Airlie Winery. Producing fruit with precision ripeness in 2008, winemaker Elizabeth Clark was able to work with premium fruit right off the bat, pulling...
Producers of both wine and cider in Port Townsend, Wash., it is only logical for Eaglemount Wine & Cider to join their two loves in a union featuring the best of their wine and cider production. Eaglemount's Raspberry Cider is still fermented and treated as an...
Grace Harbor Farms started with two goats and two people, beginning in 1999 with a modest production of goat milk soap and lotions for farmers markets in Bellingham, Wash. In 2003, Tim and Grace Lukens took their farm to the next level as a Grade A Dairy and Milk...
Blue Flame Spirits takes artisanal production a step further. The Prosser, Wash.-based producer not only uses exclusively Washington agriculture to fuel their fire, but Blue Flame also imports their premium bottles from Italy then has them hand-painted in Poland....
"Gigantic Brewing Company is an independent, artisanal brewery located in the Southeast quadrant of the Peoples Republic of Portland." Other than their threat to "taste awesome," that pretty much sums up the brewers Ben Love (Pelican, Hopworks) and Van Havig...
Oregon wine pioneers Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser planted vines on their property in Willamette Valley in 1971 under the winery name Sokol Blosser. The couple also trailblazed into the sustainability realm, receiving certification for a Salmon-Safe vineyard...
Wandering Aengus Ciderworks co-owner James Kohn was born and raised around the corner from a New Hampshire apple orchard, so it only makes sense that his Salem, Ore. cidery produces a cider that has fruit from both Hood River, Ore. and Lebanon, N.H. The 2011 Dry...
Seattle's Choice Organic Teas, the first exclusively organic and Fair Trade Certified™ tea crafter in the country, has partnered with Bastyr University, the Seattle-based natural health arts and sciences college, to launch "Wellness Teas" for the masses. The new...
"There's a special relationship between a lady and her bartender"—or so says the label of the lady-made liquor BroVo Spirits Batch No. 1 Amaro 04, a Northwest spin on the bitter Italian digestif. Number four is one of seven, all handcrafted by the BroVo ladies,...
Organic, plugged with estate grown hops and fermented with natural yeast in the traditional Belgian farmhouse sense, Hood River, Ore.'s Logsdon Farmhouse Ales produces six notable ales, all with pop-top closures and sealed with beeswax, including the unique Seizoen...
