Do you love the touch of oak? The oak barrel — the beverage-holding vessel that can nurture, caress, enhance and coax out intricate characteristics of a drink that would not have been there on their own — has a strong presence across the board in sippables, from...
Rising culinary star Doug Adams was one of Portland’s first ever contestants on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” where he wooed judges with his fried chicken on season 12. Originally from Texas, Adams landed in Portland in 2008 for culinary school, then cooked in high-profile...
Whether you are chasing the drama of coastal storms or the serenity of a surfside sunset, there’s one luxury hotel on the Oregon Coast that offers an immersive seaside retreat for every season. Set about 80 miles outside of Portland and tucked into a corner of...
Is the United Kingdom cider’s spiritual home? For many cider pundits, the answer is a resounding yes. Dating as far back as 1000 BC, evidence suggests that Celtic Britons were making and drinking a form of cider pressed from crab apples. Where the beverage truly...
When you step inside Timberline Lodge, a destination ski resort perched 6,000 feet atop the slope of Mt. Hood, you can sense the storied history. The lodge — a noted example of Cascadian architecture — was built during the Great Depression by the Works Project...
There are towns with charms so compelling that within minutes of arriving you think: "I could live here." It’s a sentiment often hummed about Jacksonville, Oregon, the first town in America to be named a National Historical Landmark. Founded in 1852 as a mining...
In a blink-of-an-eye ferry ride from Seattle or Tacoma (a mere twenty minutes if you miss rush hour traffic) you can escape to island life. Destination: Vashon Island. About the size of Manhattan (but with a population that hovers near 11,000) the island really has...
Dominio IV husband-and-wife co-owners Patrick Reuter and Leigh Bartholomew both studied at the esteemed University of California Davis, for winemaking/terroir and viticulture, respectively. After working harvests across the globe, they settled in the Willamette...
If you haven’t sipped at the SE Wine Collective yet, move this urban wine destination located just off of SE Division in Portland to the top of your list. Since opening in the fall of 2012, the winemaker incubator has continuously expanded offerings—what began as...
“There’s no limit to the imagination,” says John Stuart. We gaze up at a trio of steel grain storage bins rising against a backdrop of bluebird sky. These former “Butler bins” and the 82-acres of rolling farmland rippling out from them are part of Stuart's...
