With 35 wineries and more than 430 acres under vine, Vancouver Island isn’t quite the grape growing paradise of, say, the Okanagan Valley, which boasts quadruple the wineries and 20-times the acreage. But that hasn’t stopped Blue Grouse Estate Winery from making it...
Washington’s Lummi Island is best known for its main attraction: The Willows Inn, where chef Blaine Wetzel famously transforms an array of local ingredients, from salmon to salmonberries, into a multi-course tasting menu that has earned the island international...
A couple of weeks ago, Chris Schmidt emailed me during a break on his motorcycle trip through Northern Spain, which, unbeknownst to many Americans, has outstanding cider. "The English are like, 'Oh yeah, we’re the cider kings,'" he explains. "Meanwhile, Spain blows...
RiverPlace Hotel occupies a stellar piece of real estate along the Willamette River in downtown Portland. The hotel sits next to the open, grassy Tom McCall Waterfront Park and just a few steps away from RiverPlace Marina, while views within the hotel look out on the...
From just beyond the front porch of the Cathedral Mountain Lodge in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park, the hotel’s namesake mountain towers over the narrow valley, a speck of glacier clinging to a small shelf on its massive, sheer face. Just a few steps away, the...
It may seem a bit precipitous to base an entire business around one dish, especially one as simple as chicken and rice, but that’s exactly what Portland’s Nong Poonsukwattana has done via Nong's Khao Man Gai. And it’s succeeded—wildly. But calling the dish simply...
Montucky Cold Snacks is a silly name for a solid beer. The uncomplicated brew comes in tallboy six-packs and is a sound take on the light American pale lager. It’s a familiar format for beer drinkers, except this beer is considerably tastier than your average...
Emerald Lake Lodge in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park sits on a forested 13-acre tongue of land extending into the opaque, cyan lake that shares its name. The lake gets its color from pulverized limestone carried down from the surrounding Canadian Rockies and...
One of the most respected names in the craft cider industry started making cider simply as a way to get rid of a surplus of apples. Nat West of Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider ran an urban community supported agriculture (CSA) program in Portland before he launched his...
The Resort at Port Ludlow sits on a scenic expanse of waterfront property along the eastern Olympic Peninsula’s Ludlow Bay, facing its 300-slip marina of sailboats and yachts, a sliver of mountains visible on the horizon. It’s a quiet spot in Washington, one...
