Tasting rooms featuring Pacific Northwest wines are splashing upon the banks of the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington. That’s great news for wine lovers interested in sampling bold reds or crisp whites from Washington and Oregon along the city’s sparkling new...
Co-Founders Cy Cain and Casey Richwine began Straightaway Cocktails as two guys who loved making cocktails at home for their friends. Oh, how that has changed. In the last four years, the batch cocktails they made for a short list of pals for Christmas expanded...
When bars closed during the pandemic, cocktail lovers bought their drink provisions at the grocery store. At the same time, alcoholic beverage companies released a flood of ready-to-drink canned cocktails that continue to fill the shelves at neighborhood stores and...
From mid-August throughout September, farmers and their crews in Willamette Valley, Oregon, and Yakima Valley, Washington, work around the clock to harvest hops. The majority of these fresh, aromatic flowers head to a drying room to be dried and processed, then...
Winemakers in an emerging Pacific Northwest wine region are seeking an American Viticultural Area (AVA) designation from the United States Department of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). They hope official recognition will create interest in their...
According to Aidan Currie, owner of Portland, Oregon–based Swift Cider, Cider is the most American of beverages. As the nation grew, so did the apple orchards. Apples were pressed into cider each fall, naturally fermenting and becoming steadily higher in alcohol...
