During my first summer as the wine buyer at DeLaurenti in Pike Place Market, I got suckered into the big Beaujolais Nouveau pre-sell. Multiple... More >>

Seattle's fall and winter weather is mild and dank, as if it could go straight through your bones. But a daily ritual hunched over a steaming... More >>

The colder months have us pining for brown liquor, brown butter, brown port, and all their nutty, sweet comfort. Add rooibos to that list of tawny... More >>

Wine geeks have been advancing rules about which wines to pair with which foods since man learned to set a table. Beer insiders try to do the... More >>

I just reassigned myself to the more grown-up Green Lake after a year of limbo on Capitol Hill. (To quote Danny Glover, "I'm too old for this... More >>

Seattleite Doug Graves started winemaking as a hobby a decade ago, because the wines of France's Rhône Valley were a particular passion.... More >>

My parents belonged to many private clubs in the Midwest, and my dad even made it to vice-poobah of the Moose Lodge. I remember these clubs fondly... More >>

With Oktoberfests in Fremont and Enumclaw, various hop or harvest fests in bars around the Sound, and hearty seasonal releases, it's a great time... More >>

Seattleites are nothing if not seasonally affected when it comes to food and drink. As evidence, not only are we one of the largest port markets... More >>

The collective unconscious spits out some odd coincidences sometimes, whether it's fashion on the runway, competing Hulk flicks, or the latest... More >>