Taste of Tulalip is my favorite local tasting event, an unrivaled opportunity to taste world-class wines in a gorgeous setting,…
Spend enough time around Seattle restaurateurs and you hear the same concern again and again: There are just too many…
What comes to mind when I mention Canada and drinking? Most likely beer, or possibly Canadian whiskey. Yet the Okanagan…
Fall is a wonderful season: leaves changing color, Seahawks games, sweaters, all that good stuff. Yet it’s also a time…
Finnriver Cidery. Courtesy Finnriver Farm and Cidery Remember the first hard cider you drank? If you aren’t quite young or…
Pitchers and more available at Quality Athletics. Photo by Sarah Flotard Perhaps it’s fitting that Josh Henderson (Skillet, Westward) is…
Gramercy Cellars Winemaker Greg Harrington. Photo by Jenny Linquist It was my hidden shame. Despite living in Seattle most of…
Standing waist-deep in the cold Deschutes River, watching my can of Rainier bob gently downstream while I tried to figure…
“Ugh, anything but chardonnay.” That’s a sentence, or a sentiment, I hear nightly in my job, and almost as often…
Outdoor drinking, for me, requires two elements: sunshine and tequila. Yes, you can make an argument for rum or white…
For most Seattleites, drinking at lunch on a weekday is still a bit taboo. Those who feel a bit more…
Vodka rarely gets much respect from craft cocktail bars and bartenders. At best, it’s seen as a blank canvas to…
Look, the Moscow Mule is an unrelenting juggernaut crushing all other cocktails beneath its copper wheels. I know this. Yet…
The Ciudad Vieja, Spur Gastropub’s take on a Seattle original, packs an immense amount of flavor and complexity into one…
A second date doesn’t always get much respect. A first date is all about making a good impression, and a…
A truly tasty marriage of Scotch and bourbon, Westland Distillery’s Westland American Single Malt uses malted barley as its base,…
One of the strengths of the Washington wine industry is that with so much land under cultivation, growers and winemakers…
First of all, it’s one of the few wines actually made within Seattle city limits. Second of all, it shows…
The Mustache Ride, because The Walrus and the Carpenter is located in Ballard, and there are a lot of mustaches…
David Butler’s creatively sourced French wines at Le Caviste are a must for anyone looking for an authentic experience. The…