Game Changers

Zig Zag's the Last Word: An Oral History

How a little bar called Zig Zag Cafe and a guy named Murray Stenson helped instigate the nation’s cocktail renaissance.

12/01/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Best of the City

The 25 Best Cocktails in Seattle

Here are the stories of the city’s best drinks, from classic and pre-Prohibition to tiki and mescal—and the bibulous talent behind them.

11/30/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Top 100 Washington Wines

Wine Geek Cheat Sheet

Trot out these five topics to impress at your next gathering.

10/10/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

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The Top 100 Washington Wines

Our annual list of the 100 best Washington wines – plus ideas for when and how to drink them.

10/08/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Top 100 Washington Wines

Wine from Walla Walla's Rocky Region

This corner of the valley is poised to be one of the most important wine regions in the world. Great news…for Oregon.

10/07/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Top 100 Washington Wines

Meet the Winemakers

10/01/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Pour

One Beer, One Wine and One Cocktail for October

This month’s imbibing agenda

10/01/2014 With Sean P. Sullivan By Allecia Vermillion

Quote Unquote

Kyle MacLachlan and Pursued By Bear Wines

Yakima native Kyle MacLachlan is just as serious about making wine as he is about making good television.

10/01/2014 Edited by Matthew Halverson

Top 100 Washington Wines

How to Taste 700 Wines in 13 Days

The wine critic explains how he determines our Top 100 Washington Wine list.

09/17/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Top 100 Washington Wines

Best Washington Wines Under $15 and $25

Here are high-scoring bottles that ring in at less than $25 as well as recommended wines under $15 (both listed alphabetically).

09/12/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Oeno Files

Walk on the Wild Side of Washington Reds

These uncommon varieties are on the frontier of Washington winemaking.

09/10/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

The Explainer

It's Fresh Hops Season

Washington is one of the few places in the US where fresh hop beer is even possible. Here’s how it gets made.

09/01/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Pour

One Beer, One Wine, and One Cocktail for September

September's Imbibing Agenda

09/01/2014 With Sean P. Sullivan By Allecia Vermillion

Pour

A Drinker's Guide to Five Promising New Breweries

And they're not all in Ballard.

06/02/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Washington's Rosé Revival

Five years ago, this pink wine was relegated to the bottom supermarket shelf. Today it's a harbinger of summer, and a particular strength of Washington winemakers. Here are seven bottles that drive home that point.

05/22/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Pour

French Wine Sans Snobbery

A night at Le Caviste, downtown’s new wine bar, is like a drinker’s semester abroad.

05/01/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Washington Chardonnay Makes a Comeback

America may have a love-hate relationship with the grape, but a few local winemakers are changing the chardonnay landscape.

04/24/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Pour

Wine, Elevated: Gruners Grow Here

Turns out you can grow cool-weather grapes like gruner veltliner in Washington.

04/01/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

A Taste Washington Survival Guide: 10 Tips and Tricks from a Seasoned Veteran

Plus a few must-visit wineries.

03/25/2014 By Sean P. Sullivan

Explainer

The Not-So-Great Wine Heist of 2013

Inside a bumbling duo’s daring but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to lift $650,000 worth of vino from Esquin Wine Storage.

02/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson