AHEM. We'd like to take this time for a little self-promotion. March is Taste Washington Wine Month, with the month capping off on Taste Washington, the nation's largest single-region wine and food event, March 26-29. Over the course of four days, gastronome and...
Vivid rainbows of produce fill the farm-fresh bins of Salem, Oregon's E.Z. Orchards Farm Market while aisles are stocked with artisan and specialty products from imported pasta and sauces to local dairy cheeses and backyard butchers' lamb chops. The compelling...
As if making wine wasn't enough for the husband-and-wife team Brian and Christina Callahan, the Woodinville, Washington couple launched Elemental Hard Cider in December. With Callahan Cellars and its wood-fired pizza oven under their belt in the wine tourism-heavy...
From corporate careers in California to farming in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley, just 50 miles north of the Golden State's line, Blair Smith and Marcey Kelley staked their claim on an apple orchard and a new life. Five arduous and tasking years later, the...
Not many cideries can say they are produced solely on 100 percent estate-grown fruit. Tieton, Washington's Tieton Cider Works can—all the fruit for Craig and Sharon Campbell's ciders (including a Perry) comes from their Harmony Orchards in the Yakima Valley. Craig...
Extending and expanding her dedication to the craft market, Portland's Helioterra winemaker Anne Hubatch (read about her 2012 Yakima Valley Syrah here) teamed up with fellow Rose City producers Nate Wall and Kris Wall of Whoa Nelly Wines and Guild Winemakers to...
Just because the holidays are over (good riddance?), doesn't mean you have to stop spoiling yourself and loved ones with great, beverage-focused grabs. Below are some of our favorites from our fall issue! For the full story and to get your own print subscription,...
In many ways and in a more traditional sense, cider follows suit of wine. In others ways and in a more "New World" approach, it takes notes from beer. Additives like hops, herbs and fruit mirror that of its carbonated barley brother, and in styles like...
A true brewmaster of the Pacific Northwest, Abram Goldman-Armstrong’s passion for beer and cider is evident in every barrel of Cider Riot! cider he produces. This urban cidery sits off of East Burnside in Portland where it produces scrumpy delights derived from...
2 Towns Ciderhouse’s origins are simple: three friends from two towns who pooled their money and started their very own cidery. But what’s not simple are some of the ciders on their menu. The cidery’s product line includes a number of standout flavors like...
