The enormous, clear Crater Lake inspires travelers to visit Oregon, is the muse for countless painters and photographers, and even ignited a family’s desire to produce a craft soda line. What started with a famous root beer has grown into a craft soda line of four...
Winter is coming here in the Pacific Northwest, and with it brings the nostalgia for summer activities. Fortunately for those living in and visiting Portland, a restaurant and bar exists aimed to trick your senses into experiencing a cozy, summer campfire. Furnished...
The Pacific Northwest is applauded for its craft beverage producers, but Atlas Cider Co. knows it is the fruits that these lands produce that own the show. Every bottle of Atlas hard cider is teeming with fruit locally grown in Oregon and Washington, and contains no...
Cathedral Ridge Winery proudly grows a vast variety of high quality grapes across the unique soils and growing environments present in the Colombia River Gorge. A portion of their grapes in the Columbia Valley are near bodies of water that provide extra-reflected...
Since we are officially teetering on the cusp of rainy days and a wardrobe consisting primarily of The North Face jackets, it is important we have a destination in mind that will take us (or our taste buds at least) south of the border when the drops begin to fall....
Cravings—everybody gets them. Sometimes the dreaded need for chocolate hits you, other times it’s a mouthwatering need for a salty snack and every now and again the desire for a bitter delight becomes overwhelming. When that need for a harsher (in the most positive of...
We have all experienced it: walking in to a restaurant and noticing that something is off… The menu has been changed. Although this situation can sometimes induce a disappointed hit to the stomach, there are times when the risky decision pays off with a delicious menu...
Cranberries, which are high in antioxidants and have been proven to help fight certain infections, have earned their right as a delicious and desirable superfruit. Bandon, Ore.,'s Vincent Family Cranberries provide “bog to bottle” juices in a variety of blends...
The world of cocktail mixers—seasonal juices, house-made tonics and unique flavor enhancements—is diversifying at a rate consistent with the market of specialty infused liquors. Although this wide array of flavors readily available for bartenders to grab, throw into...
Husband and wife dynamic duo, John and Joy Olson of TeSóAria Vineyard and Winery, are producing quality bottles of wine with the products of their Roseburg and Medford, Ore., vineyards. At 1,900-foot elevation, the 2013 Vermentino shows how these shallow, volcanic...
