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How We Choose the Winners of the Seattle Magazine Wine Awards

How We Choose the Winners of the Seattle Magazine Wine Awards

More than a dozen experts help us select the best Washington wines of the year

Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards 2018 tasting panel from the March 19, 2018 tasting, which took place at Metropolist. From left to right: Yashar Shayan, Seattle magazine and Impulse Wine; Cole Sisson, Doe Bay Wine Company; Jeff Cox, PCC; Chris Horn, Purple Cafe and Wine Bar Seattle; Shelly Fitzgerald, Columbia Winery; Annie Sullivan, Anthony’s Restaurants;…

(More) New Ice Cream Spots to Enjoy

(More) New Ice Cream Spots to Enjoy

And these three places all make your frozen treats to order

The cookies and cream sundae, made with a style of rolled ice cream out of Thailand

What to Wear at Music Festivals

What to Wear at Music Festivals

Skip the stereotypical boho-chic vibes in favor of these urban PNW style tips

Jess Estrada of freshjess.com says this year’s festival styles feature “retro styles with a romantic vibe”

Must List: Ballard SeafoodFest, Black & Tan Hall Pop Up Brunch, Tuffest 2018

Must List: Ballard SeafoodFest, Black & Tan Hall Pop Up Brunch, Tuffest 2018

Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events.

MUST PARTYBallard SeafoodFest and West Seattle Summer Fest (7/13–7/15) Take your pick of two prime neighborhood summer festivals happening this weekend. The Ballard Seafoodfest celebrates Ballard’s Scandinavian heritage and connection to the sea with food, music and more. Headliners include Blitzen Trapper and All Them Witches. Across the city, West Seattle Summer Fest, an annual…

Seattle Distillers Make a Spirited Case for Barrel-Aged Gin

Seattle Distillers Make a Spirited Case for Barrel-Aged Gin

Plus: Five Washington gins to try

BARREL RACES: Captive Spirits founders Holly Robinson and Ben Capdevielle produce Big Gin aged in old bourbon barrels

Angela Stowell Steps Out at ESR and Into New Role at FareStart

Angela Stowell Steps Out at ESR and Into New Role at FareStart

One of Seattle's most powerful women has a new job with a greater focus on community

“Do you help out at the restaurants?” Angela Stowell says she’s gotten this question more than once—it’s the plight of every chef’s partner, professional or private. It’s patronizing at best, but downright laughable in Stowell’s case, who is at least equally responsible for growing Ethan Stowell Restaurants into its current local mega-empire status as her…

Get the Scoop on Seattle's Newest Ice Cream Shops

Get the Scoop on Seattle’s Newest Ice Cream Shops

Five new ice cream shops to try this summer

I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM: Clockwise from top left: Full Tilt’s Blue Moon; Sweet Lo’s lemon bar; Cloud Nine Creamery’s Cookie Monster; Salt & Straw’s matcha green tea; Frankie & Jo’s chocolate date

These Washington Breweries Won Big at U.S. Open Beer Championship

These Washington Breweries Won Big at U.S. Open Beer Championship

Seattle's Reuben's Brews made the overall top 10

Reuben’s award-winning beers: Gose, Robust Porter, and Crikey IPA

New Waterfront Seafood Restaurant Opens July 21

New Waterfront Seafood Restaurant Opens July 21

Birch will only be open two days a week—make your reservations now

Chef says whenever he can get this salmon, you’ll see it on the menu: Cape Cleare King Salmon crudo with pea sprouts, morels and radish

5 Farm Dinners to Experience This Summer

5 Farm Dinners to Experience This Summer

Take a seat and pass the produce, please

Raise a glass from your seat in a field

Underneath Amazon's Shadow, Local Retail Is Reinventing Itself in Seattle

Underneath Amazon’s Shadow, Local Retail Is Reinventing Itself in Seattle

Retailers throughout the city are getting creative in their fight for survival—and many are thriving

GETTING EXPERIENCE: The new SoDo Starbucks Reserve store is tapping into a consumer demand for experiences, sometimes called “retail-tainment”

See Infinity Mirrors and Neon Arcades at Winston Wachter's 'Summer Dreams'

See Infinity Mirrors and Neon Arcades at Winston Wachter’s ‘Summer Dreams’

A new group exhibit captures the spirit of the season

Neon Saltwater’s “Mindgames Love Arcade” is an immersive staged room installation, with furniture, wallpaper and framed prints (like this one) designed to take the viewer to alternate realms

Must List: ‘Jini Dellaccio: Caught in the Act,’ Georgetown Garden Walk, Seattle Street Food Festival

Must List: ‘Jini Dellaccio: Caught in the Act,’ Georgetown Garden Walk, Seattle Street Food Festival

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MUST SEE Jini Dellaccio: Caught in the Act(Through 7/11) Few artists made more of lucky happenstance than Dellaccio (1917–2014), who took up photography on a whim in California, followed her husband to Tacoma and ended up the preeminent portraitist of Northwest rockers (the Wailers, the Sonics). Into her 70s, she shot musicians performing in concert—locals…

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