From New Orleans' pulsing music scene to the pristine of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, fifth generation Louisianan Andy Reginald Young is now a proud Oregonian. Son of a Baptist preacher, a drummer and a former resident of St. Tammany Parish on New Orlean's...
As with brandy as featured in last week’s spirits Daily Sip, spiced rum is another perfect liquor for winter. With its rich flavors derived from caramelized sugars, its woodsy complexity and its warming effects, this particular distillate is always welcome anywhere...
Just southwest of Portland, Union Wine Co. is one beloved craft operation on track with the trendsetting nature that fuels the area’s (lovingly dubbed) refrain: “keep Portland weird.” Of course, the winery’s particular strand of “weird” strictly embraces its many...
To the crew at Santiam Brewing, Thursday night "choir practice" was always rich in notes. Well, at least those of the tasting variety. Before beer production began in 2012, nine friends and beer lovers saw their sipping as a weekly pastime under said musical guise....
Innovative Portland cider mutineer Abram Goldman-Armstrong first released Cider Riot! in a two-liter soda jug. Goldman-Armstrong came of age in the industry, planting traditional cider trees in an Oregon orchard as a high school gig. His roots were planted then and...
If you're not on the apple train, you're missing the boat. Throw yourself an oar and start chugging—with Humm Kombucha Apple Sass to kick it off. Idioms aside, whether it's hard cider or the soaring popularity of fresh, cold-pressed juice, apples have stepped into...
With a mission to create cool-climate varietals to be sold in the world’s top restaurants and bottle shops, Willamette Valley Vineyards has established a reputation as one of the best Pinot Noir producers in the country. Further draw can be attributed to the cozy...
The whole fruit and botanicals that go into making the small-batch, artisan-quality ciders of WildCraft Cider Works are all Oregon-grown. The ciders are fermented with wild yeast strains, finish on the drier side and are unpasteurized and bottle-conditioned. The...
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...
Vivacity Spirits takes the title as Willamette Valley's first female-owned microdistillery—one of five in the nation, to be exact. Caitlin Prueitt and her business partner and spouse, Chris Neumann, run the small-batch distillery in Corvallis, Oregon, under the...
