For Derek Berger and Scott Heinrich, the 1980s were for making beer. The pair met in Bozeman, Montana while in school as budding engineers. The 1990s were for wine, when Heinrich ran a wine tasting website called TasteofWine.com, providing educational tasting...
Seems fitting for my last Drifters of 2014, I feature one of my very favorite BC hotels. (Attention ast minute gift certificate or holiday getaway planners!) The property absolutely nails it, every time. Full on, Four Seasons luxury plus attention to fine detail,...
South-facing, high elevation, cool climate, clay-loam soils, organically grown vines ranging in age from 40 to 50-years-old and a resident apiary with pollinating Mason bees to boot. These are characteristics that make up the Columbia Gorge's Atavus Vineyard. The...
Located in the heart of SE Portland, Enso Urban Winery offers a unique tasting experience—they feature house-made wines, which are aging just feet from where you are sitting, and they also offer rotating wine and beer selections crafted from other local urban...
From a relatively new producer on the Golden Mile Bench (a region recently approved as BC’s first official Sub-Geographical Indication) comes this stylish and supple Syrah, a key grape for the sun-baked southern Okanagan region. C.C. Jentsch Cellars co-ferments...
Set in the Columbia River Gorge, with stunning views and an outdoor concert venue, Maryhill Winery is a destination in and of itself. But for their annual wine club dinner, Maryhill owners Craig and Vicki Leuthold choose to pair their award-winning wines with the...
In 1975, British geographer Jay Appleton proposed a hypothesis about human nature and habitat, most commonly known as the "refuge-prospect theory." The idea is that taste is "an acquired preference for particular methods of satisfying inborn desires." The two main...
Nestled in the southeast corner of Washington state in Walla Walla Valley, Saviah Cellars’ owners Richard and Anita Funk produce a wide variety of small-batch wine, along with their larger marketed "The Jack" line of wines. With an estate planting of 10 acres in...
From our most recent issue featuring the Best of the Northwest, Edgefield was in our lineup for the Best of Oregon Travel. For the full list of winners and travel features, click here to subscribe and order your copy today. Edgefield: a historic, century-old...
Imbued with history and favored by Mother Earth with its profusion of natural splendors, Hood River, Oregon has become a beacon for wayfaring gourmands. At the crossroads of the Cascade Mountain Range and the Columbia River Gorge, Hood River is the perennial...
