When people ask me about Washington wine while traveling, I figure it’s going one of two ways. One, an interesting discussion will evolve about the power of hype and marketing and manufactured demand. Or two, I’m an asshole.
(At this point you probably know my views on the Washington wine industry. I feel the under-qualified, underachievers […]

I will be on the radio today, talking about one of my new mini-obsessions: Cider. Washington being the Apple Capital of the World, . We have a handful of people making delicious cider. But with people buying orchards like it’s the second gold rush, and craft beer being so successful, the number of people making […]

October is jam packed with wine tastings for the trade. So much so that there were four big tastings around the city last Monday. I’ve got to say, it was hard to get motivated because that’s my only day off. I chose arbitrarily to ditch the one with no parking because I woke up in […]

Too much of a snob to drink shit wine at your friends’ wedding? Me too. But only an asshole would make a stink about it. There are small steps you can take to make that oak jerky Chardonnay taste great tolerable.
Crappy Wine Doesn’t Have To Be So Bad
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
I got […]

Here’s a great article about bubbling bubbling toil and troubling your own liqueurs and bitters. (And it’s not just because I’m mentioned.)
The 100-Mile Cocktail in Common Ground magazine
by Amy Pennington
See, it’s like I’ve always said…a little alcohol is good for you, people. And it’s even better when you add herbs and spices popular in […]

I’m in Denver this weekend for the Great American Beer Festival. So far, soooooo delicious.
Read all about it over on the Seattle Weekly food blog, Voracious.
I’ll be blogging all weekend after and during the sessions, and I hope to get tons of beer fodder which I will pilfer for future beer columns […]

More available? More plentiful? More… aw, just read it:
Cider’s Time Has Come Again, Right?
by moi in this issue of the Seattle Weekly

Drambuieeeee. I like saying it almost as much as I like drinking it. It could teach many a new liqueur on the block a thing or two about subtlety.
Oh, My Darling Drambuie
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
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