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The first warning sign might have been when Jamie Boudreau stained the

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I still remember the first time I had pisco. My sister was

I still remember the first time I had pisco. My sister was coming back from a year in…

I’m just old enough to remember when e-commerce was little more than

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I’m just old enough to remember when e-commerce was little more than

I’m just old enough to remember when e-commerce was little more than an idea—when the notion of buying…

There’s nothing quite like live performance art, and more and more I’m

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There’s nothing quite like live performance art, and more and more I’m

There’s nothing quite like live performance art, and more and more I’m coming to realize that one of…

The first warning sign might have been when Jamie Boudreau stained the

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The first warning sign might have been when Jamie Boudreau stained the

The first warning sign might have been when Jamie Boudreau stained the bar at Canon with two cases…

Seattle, sometime in the past few years, you killed off the bartender.

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Recently, the city of Olympia and the Washington State Liquor Control Board

Recently, the city of Olympia and the Washington State Liquor Control Board agreed on a plan that will…

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As wine lists get increasingly more complicated—adding cask wines, more local wines,

As wine lists get increasingly more complicated—adding cask wines, more local wines, more obscure wineries, for instance—it can…

When the weather turns nice and we get some of those gorgeous

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When the weather turns nice and we get some of those gorgeous

When the weather turns nice and we get some of those gorgeous April days that Seattle can muster,…

When the weather turns nice and we get some of those gorgeous

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Taste Washington is an incredible opportunity for wine lovers. But what rarely

Taste Washington is an incredible opportunity for wine lovers. But what rarely gets talked about is how it’s…

Last week I wrote about IPAs. Negatively. As I suspected, I touched

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At this point, the Seattle beer scene and the IPA are inextricably

At this point, the Seattle beer scene and the IPA are inextricably linked, for any number of reasons:…

s wine lists get increasingly more complicated—adding cask wines, more local wines,

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s wine lists get increasingly more complicated—adding cask wines, more local wines,

Seattle, sometime in the past few years, you killed off the bartender.

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Seattle, sometime in the past few years, you killed off the bartender.

Seattle, sometime in the past few years, you killed off the bartender. In its place we have the…

You can usually fill a medium-sized dictionary with the words used to

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You can usually fill a medium-sized dictionary with the words used to

You can usually fill a medium-sized dictionary with the words used to describe wines, especially if you really…

Repeating is hard. Not to pick at the wound, but just ask

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Repeating is hard. Not to pick at the wound, but just ask

Repeating is hard. Not to pick at the wound, but just ask the Seahawks. So watching Angel Teta…

From the outside, a craft bartender is one part wizard, one part

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From the outside, a craft bartender is one part wizard, one part

From the outside, a craft bartender is one part wizard, one part magician, and one part scholar—able to…

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What happens when you combine a bunch of the best female bartenders

What happens when you combine a bunch of the best female bartenders in the Pacific Northwest, a veritable…

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We in the food and beverage industry call it going over to

We in the food and beverage industry call it going over to the Dark Side. Every so often,…

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Most of the great bars in Seattle are where you’d expect to

Most of the great bars in Seattle are where you’d expect to find them: Capitol Hill, Ballard, and…

Steve Little, cicerone at The Burgundian.

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A lot of attention has been paid to sommeliers in the past

A lot of attention has been paid to sommeliers in the past few years. Given the complexity of…

Allie Constable

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The holidays are all about tradition: getting together with loved ones, sitting

The holidays are all about tradition: getting together with loved ones, sitting down to a festive meal, watching…

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The holidays are all about tradition: getting together with loved ones, sitting

The holidays are all about tradition: getting together with loved ones, sitting down to a festive meal, maybe…