As Oregon’s largest winery, King Estate Winery is a full of dichotomies. The spacious 1,033-acre estate and vineyards have been carefully planned with exceptional environmental awareness; dozens of scurrying worker-bee employees treat everyone as if they’re a guest of honor; annual production is huge and yet each wine tastes like a hand-crafted gem. In short, […]

Public television’s “Simply Ming” is one of my favorite cooking shows. Recently, host Ming Tsai and another chef prepared a halibut entrée that also included rice wine vinegar, orange zest, palm sugar and Swiss chard. My first thought was that this seemed like a rather odd combination of ingredients, but the point of the show […]

Once considered a rarity, boxes, cubes, pouches, cylinders, tetra paks and even aluminum cans have become commonplace alternatives to standard wine bottles. The benefits of these types of alternative packaging have grown increasingly important as many of us try to live greener and be more environmentally conscious about our purchases. Obviously, lightweight wine packaging is […]

Are you a locavore who likes to shop for wines that are produced in Whatcom County? We’re fortunate to have several good wineries from which to choose. Today I’ll focus on two that are located in Blaine along with their newly released wines. First up is Glacial Lake Missoula Wine Co. where winemakers Tom Davis […]