A Different Location for the Same Great Event, October 3rd Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival is more than a beer festival, but it is an exceedingly good one of those, too. Washington's Yakima Valley, which produces roughly 75 percent of the nation's annual hop crop, hops...
You might have had to relinquish your white pants, but no one — not nobody — can take away your rosé. Welcome back to Bar Tab, this week celebrating the pink. Stems or no stems, straight out of the bottle or cupped in your hands, there is no wrong way to drink this...
Washington State’s Yakima Valley has a long history as a hop-growing region. The area accounts for roughly 75 percent of the total United States hop acreage and 80 percent of the country’s total hop crop — no small potatoes. And many hop farmers can trace their...
Disclaimer: I am a proper hophead. Fresh hop beer release season might be my favorite time of year—sure, the metamorphose from sun-soaked summer patios to those scattered in cornucopia-colored leaves itself is as handsome as a seasonal transition can be, but the...
Two generations, two states and two estates—the Fries family first broke ground on their passion for wine in Oregon’s Dundee Hills AVA in 1984. The property transformed over the next few years—with a planting of a 13-acre vineyard to make “house wine” to producing...
The fruit frontiersmen of Tieton Cider Works recently launched a line of cider tallboys—16-ounce pounders available in four-packs, dressed in a flashy uniform of a Washington state map with a capitol star for the fruit landmark of Yakima. To compete in the winning...
The love of the land is a distinction of winemaker Anne Hubatch. With a degree in geology and environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin and work experience under Oregon vineyard greats (Adelsheim, Apolloni and more), Hubatch started Helioterra Wines in...
Born and raised on their family's five-generation-old Yakima Valley farm, brothers Patrick and Matthew Rawn wore every hat around the property from forklift operators to takeout order-retreivers as they grew up—now their hats are worn as vignerons. Two Mountain...
My husband roasts a mean chicken. A lot of the times it has to do with the moisture-locking salt and lemon brine he has mastered (thank you, Thomas Keller), a lot of the times it has to do with what wine we have accompanying it. Last night, it was a little bit of...
Craig and Sharon Campbell are in the apple farming business. Their story for launching Tieton Cider Works is simple: Craig is a third generation Yakima Valley farmer with a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and more than 35 years of experience in...
