Founded in late 80s, Newport, Oregon’s Rogue Ales has become one of the biggest names in the craft beverage industry and currently dishes out dozens of styles of beer in addition to handfuls of spirits, ciders and sodas. Their Hazelnut Brown Nectar features an...
The iris has long been prized for its colorful beauty, delicate aroma and noble connotations. Since the Renaissance it has symbolized the long-flourishing Italian city of Florence, where the world’s most famous iris garden can be found. Today irises still decorate...
Tucked between amber folds of grain on the sunny east side of Mount Hood is the town of Dufur, Oregon, population 607. For most, it’s a pin prick on a map roughly 15 miles south of The Dalles and the mighty Columbia River. For certain, it offers one of the biggest...
Grab your growlers and get ready Oregon, July first marks the beginning of the state wide 31-day beer extravaganza, Oregon Craft Beer Month, the 2015 edition. More than 450 events will host both brewers and consumers alike as the state overflows with some of the...
Redmond, Washington's Hi-Fi Brewing has the feel of a small town pub. Walking in might not cause the record to drop and the regulars to swivel on their stools to stare but there is always a vinyl spinning and dedicated locals are perched at the counter. Grab a seat...
They say that everything old becomes new again, and few things in the world of winemaking are older than amphora. Thus, I suppose it’s fitting that this ancient means of storing and shipping wine has is now one of the newest trends in winemaking, spurred on by a...
Not many Northwest wineries stem their name in the mysterious tongue of the Celts. But with Sheila Nicholas' Scottish heritage and Nick Nicholas' California wine country upbringing, Anam Cara, meaning "friend of my soul," was a natural title for the longtime couple...
It is generally a good sign with the owner can’t seem to part with his business. Nick Peirano, who started his eponymous Italian restaurant Nick's Italian Cafe in the heart of Oregon wine country in 1977, is generally around, sipping a glass of wine or shooting...
A classic case of homebrewer going mainstream, Baird & Dewer Farmhouse Cider is the brain child of wine guru Zeb Dewer and farmer Trevor Baird’s Baird Family Orchard’s heirloom apple varieties. The Salem, Oregon label’s mission statement is to create...
“There’s no limit to the imagination,” says John Stuart. We gaze up at a trio of steel grain storage bins rising against a backdrop of bluebird sky. These former “Butler bins” and the 82-acres of rolling farmland rippling out from them are part of Stuart's...
