For the first time, the wines of southern Okanagan Valley's Nk'Mip Cellars are available in the United States. Pronounced "in-ka-meep," the enunciation and drinking practices of these wines are now brought to Americans by way of Whole Foods Markets in Washington...
Sing for your supper and get a bang for your buck? Playing off an old fashioned idiom, For a Song wines doesn't ask for the first expression but delivers the latter. Using the 19th century phrase "for a song," meaning to get something for cheap, the winery bottles...
The best are back, from wine, beer and spirits to travel, cider and more. Sip Northwest magazine is excited to release our third annual Best of the Northwest issue, showcasing the top travel spots, industry influencers, wine, beer, spirits, cider and more that are...
Fourth-generation grape-growers Knudsen Vineyards have finally produced and bottled an estate wine—and in one of the most approachable vintages to date. The four children of pioneering Oregon viticulturist, Cal Knudsen, have launched their winery with the release...
Cathedral Ridge Winery proudly grows a vast variety of high quality grapes across the unique soils and growing environments present in the Colombia River Gorge. A portion of their grapes in the Columbia Valley are near bodies of water that provide extra-reflected...
Paramount political leader and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, may or may not have been talking about cheese when he said: “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” However, the activist’s assertion still holds—culture, both in cheese...
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...
Located in the heart of downtown Portland, Hotel Lucia is like a pair of Sigerson Morrison shoes—effortlessly chic, always stylish and yet understated. As you step into the breezy lobby, you are immediately drawn to a wall of black and white photographs that frame...
Situated high above acres of winding southwestern Idaho farmland in the Snake River Valley AVA, Ste. Chapelle Winery has taken the state's wine industry by storm since its origin in 1976. Today, Ste. Chapelle is Idaho's leader in both production and sales volume,...
I like British Columbian Cabernet Franc. But I really, really like BC Cab Franc when winemakers don’t try and trick it up with heavy oak and extraction, but rather just let it be its brambly, characterful, juicy, savory self. The Similkameen Valley’s family owned...
