Wine, Beer, & Cocktails

Fall Wine

Where Are Washington's Woman Winemakers?

Our state makes more wine than any other except California, but female producers remain relatively scarce. The reasons may not be what you think.

10/07/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

Bizarre Brewing Is Packed with Seattle Beer Talent

The incoming Magnolia brewery is all about low-alcohol beer. The kind you can drink on repeat with a group of friends.

09/29/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Prost!

The Best Oktoberfests In and Near Seattle

You know what they say about big steins...more beer.

09/09/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Oeno Files

5 Washington Rosés to Drink Right Now

The best bottles from 2021's challenging crop.

07/26/2022 By Sean P. Sullivan

Awards & Accolades

Seattle’s 2022 Spirited Awards Nominees

The local booze connoisseurs who made the short list.

06/06/2022 By Ann Karneus

BEER GEAR

Have Your Beer and Wear It, Too

Three giftable beer-merch pairings from PNW breweries, just in time for Father's Day.

05/23/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Fattening Up

The Secret Ingredient in Roquette’s Latest Cocktail: A Dick’s Milkshake

The Coco Richards is but one of the endlessly imaginative ways local bartenders apply the technique of fat washing.

12/23/2021 By Sophie Grossman

The Buzz

The Espresso Martini: Still All That and a Bag of Chips

This ’90s favorite is back. (Or did it ever really leave?)

11/12/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Newcomer Drink Books Is a Hybrid Bottle Shop and Bookstore

Forget cheese plates. This newcomer on Phinney Ridge pairs natural wine with memorable fiction.

11/11/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Ale & Accolades

Oh, Hey—Here Are the Winners of This Year's Washington Beer Awards

It's like a syllabus, but for beer drinking.

11/08/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Gourd Me

I Hate Beer—How Did I End Up at the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival?

File this one away in the things work made me do.

10/14/2021 By Malia Alexander

Destination: Wine

Best Wineries in Lake Chelan

On vacation? Set aside a day to taste.

10/07/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan

Hopped Up

Washington Breweries Won Big at the Great American Beer Festival

Plus, the nation's top beer awards deemed Cloudburst its "Brewery and Brewer of the Year."

09/14/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Washington Wine’s Variety Show

A new crop of growers and makers have added sparkle, acidity, and even emerging tasting regions to the statewide mix. Meanwhile, the cabernet and syrah just get better.

09/14/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan and Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Traci Daberko Photography by Brooke Fitts and Kelly Turso

Wine Country Escape

Walla Walla: The Maiden Voyage

How to make the most of a first-time visit to Washington's ultimate wine region.

09/14/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan

Vaunted Vintage

40 Years of Quilceda Creek

Even after a slew of awards, one of Washington’s original wineries still pursues cabernet perfection.

09/14/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan

Oeno Files

The Not-New Guard of Washington Wine

A burgeoning (sometimes bubbling) movement takes the state in a fresh new direction. And yet we’ve been here before.

09/14/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Traci Daberko

Oeno Files

Maltby’s Big Moment

Greater Woodinville gets a new wine destination.

09/14/2021 Photography by Sean P. Sullivan

Wine Country Escape

Woodinville: Never the Same

How to explore the new arrivals in western Washington's wine tasting epicenter.

09/14/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan

Wine Country Escape

Lake Chelan: Vacation Plus

Here's how to spend a day tasting wine in Central Washington's vacation paradise.

09/14/2021 By Sean P. Sullivan

Seattle Met

Wine, Beer, & Cocktails

Where Are Washington's Woman Winemakers?

Bizarre Brewing Is Packed with Seattle Beer Talent

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5 Washington Rosés to Drink Right Now

Seattle’s 2022 Spirited Awards Nominees

Have Your Beer and Wear It, Too

The Secret Ingredient in Roquette’s Latest Cocktail: A Dick’s Milkshake

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