Are you one of those people who "drink seasonally" — IPA to ring in spring, rosé in summer, stout to transition into fall, a spicy, warm Rhône-style blend for winter? Get ready to up your seasonal drinking game by grabbing a seat at one of these eight tasting and...
Late autumn is a great time to eat and imbibe in the Pacific Northwest. Dishes gain some heft and cocktails shift from refreshing to soothing. When you’re staying at rustic Suttle Lodge in Central Oregon, this comforting epicurean transition is made doubly so by a...
It's true: wine tasting can get monotonous. Stop here, pour that, taste these, repeat. But in the Pacific Northwest, a haven for adventurists as well as creatives and innovators, wineries step up their game and pour not just to please palates but to create an...
The fruit beer craze of the '90s is deep enough in the past now that it’s hard to recall that concoctions were unmemorable from the get-go and often made from frozen concentrate. Today, there’s a new guard of infused ales, made harmoniously with whatever’s ripe and...
Central Oregon is so breathtaking you rarely have to stray very far from a main thoroughfare to find bliss. Such is the case at the newly revamped Suttle Lodge on the shore of Suttle Lake in the Deschutes National Forest, just off US-20 about 35 miles outside of...
Set on a bluff on the southwest corner of Bend, Pine Ridge Inn overlooks a beautiful and bustling central Oregon town. The city, one of the fastest growing in the state, has managed to cling to its wild ways. Here, Ponderosa Pines serve as fences and street lights...
Multnomah Village is one of few neighborhoods in Portland without a culinary reputation. It has a charming main drag stacked with timeless dive bars, well-stocked bottle shops, galleries and antique stores but until just recently, no discernible dinner spot worth...
In collaboration with Expedia Canada to spread the good word of Northwest beverage and tourism, Mark Stock digs deep into Oregon’s spirits scene, from Portland’s Distillery Row and beyond. In a year that commemorates the state’s first vineyard rows 50 years ago,...
The best way to time travel in the Willamette Valley is at The Vintages Trailer Resort in Dayton, Oregon. Stocked with more than a dozen mid-century trailers, the park is a well-choreographed nod to the travel-hungry baby boomers that took summers by the scruff of...
Cooking is something great chefs do inherently, not necessarily for a pay check. Ideas for a new dish come at the most untimely times, overturning sleep patterns and jamming schedules. But those sleep-deprived, ever-blinking light bulbs can turn into tremendous,...
