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2014 Washington Wine Awards: Emerging Varietal Spotlight on Petit Verdot
This brooding, deep red usually used for blending—shows its ability to finish big
This intense, rustic grape is a late ripener, and traditionally used in the Bordeaux region of France to add color, tannin and fruit to red wines. Its name (“little green”) comes from the fact that if the weather isn’t right during flowering, the cluster doesn’t ripen evenly, leaving undeveloped grapes. And because it only ripens…
Recipe of the Week: Zucchini Noodles with Basil Almond Pesto
Stock up on seasonal zucchini at the farmers market and get your carb fix without the carbs
So you’re trying to eat healthy and get those vegetables in, but your inner foodie just can’t get past wanting carbs? Well, fear not–Heather Christo, the awesome Queen Anne-based entertaining expert (and recently a winner on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen!) saves the day. Dazzle as she transforms this seasonal vegetable into a delicious pesto noodle dish and…
2014 Washington Wine Awards: Red Wine Winners
Complex and hearty, these Washington-made red wines stole the show
For more award-winning Washington wines, read our complete 2014 Washington Wine Awards coverage, including the Best Emerging Winery, Sommelier of the Year, White Wine Winners and more, right here. Red Wine of the Year Mark Ryan 2011 Lonely Heart Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain, $85Sourced from four great Red Mountain vineyards—mostly from Klipsun and Ciel du…
2014 Washington Wine Awards: Best Sparkling Wine
Expect bubbles galore in this light, pink sparkler from Woodinville powerhouse Domaine Ste. Michelle
With more than a dozen sparkling wine producers in the state, this open submission category was exciting to taste. Bubbly isn’t easy to make, especially méthode champenoise, the traditional French way of first making a dry wine and then bottling it with more yeast and sugar to create bubbles in the bottle (stopped with a…
2014 Washington Wine Awards: White Wine Winners
From chardonnays to rieslings, these are the white wines that wowed our judges
For more award-winning Washington wines, read our complete 2014 Washington Wine Awards coverage, including the Best Emerging Winery, Sommelier of the Year, Red Wine Winners and more, right here. White Wine of the Year Chateau Ste. Michelle 2012 Eroica Riesling Columbia Valley, $22 Year after year, Eroica Riesling wins awards and impresses judges. After winning…
Summer Reading
What doctors are reading off the clock
Spring and summer puts us in mind of sun and light reading fare—so we wanted to ask some of the busiest professionals we know, doctors, to confess to their guilty pleasure reads—the books or magazines that help them unwind from high-intensity days. We’re not entirely convinced that some of the more serious fare quoted qualifies…
Seattle Magazine’s 2014 Washington Wine Awards
This year, we're going back to the classics
For the past nine years, the Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards have taken the measure of Washington’s wine industry as it has matured from upstart on the national scene to a world player. We’ve followed winemaking trends, from the local boom in Bordeaux-style reds and unoaked Chardonnay to praise for our earthy Syrah and world-class…
Heart Leader
King County has the highest survival rate of cardiac arrest in the world–that’s according to analysis by county officials, who put the survival percentage for 2013 at 62 percent–other urban areas such as Chicago or New York City rank in single digit percentages. That number has gone up dramatically in the last decade, and is…
Tracking Rays With an App
We love our Seattle summers, but fret about all that sudden intense sun exposure. Enter Brightly, an app created by Seattle startup ARO that monitors your sun exposure. Enter your location and skin tone and the program does the rest, letting you know things like when it’s time to get shade, reapply sunscreen. Users can…
City Parklets: Who Needs a Space to Park, Anyway?
These creative uses for city parking spaces are a bit controversial
It’s called a parklet and it’s got some people confused. Jennifer Wieland, public space program manager at SDOT, attributes the confusion to a misunderstanding of what parklets actually are. “They’re small public spaces that fit in easily with the urban landscape and are designed to have a very small impact on the streetscape.” Started as…
Converse x Missoni: Exclusively at Nordstrom
Converse and Missoni have collaborated on a sneaker line since 2010—they’ve done eight together—and today they’re releasing their latest collection, sold exclusively through Nordstrom. Expect classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneaks done up in Missoni’s iconic zigzag pattern in a variety of colors (the go-with-everything black and white style is our fave, with the purple…
A Meaty Menu at Madrona’s Red Cow
Ethan Stowell's newest eatery seeks to break the restaurant-closure curse in Madrona
It looks like the revolving door of restaurants at this Madrona address may be standing still awhile. Before Ethan Stowell scooped up the cute space across the street from Bottlehouse back in February, it was home to a rotation of eateries that began with Cremant, followed by June and Restaurant Bea. Now, Stowell has brought…
Here’s Where I’m Taking My Parents to Eat When They Come Visit Seattle
My folks are coming to Seattle for a visit in a couple of weeks and I’m already making a list of where I want to take them—specifically, newer spots they haven’t been since the last time they were here almost a year ago. The parents have been coming to visit me in Seattle for more…
Scavenger Hunt! NuBe Green Challenges You to a Social-Media Contest
NuBe Green (Capitol Hill, 1527 10th Ave.; 206.402.4515), purveyor of cool, mostly U.S.A.-made goods, has launched its first nation-wide scavenger hunt. The Great NuBe Scavenger Hunt actually involves very little scavenging per se. Instead teams (you can form yours from friends and family located anywhere in the country) are challenged to perform a series of…
Top Stories from the Week
If you missed one of our best articles from this fifth week in July, we've got you covered
Is it rainy? Is it sunny? Today just can’t seem to make up its mind. But this week, our dear readers weren’t waffling on what stories they wanted to read. And read again. From a wildly delicious berry-laden recipe and four refreshing bevs to drink while you’re out and about to one impressive 94-year-old baseball…
Time to Organize the Closet and Other August Home Tips
Download your Porch.com home maintenance calendar for August
It’s August 1 (um, where did the summer go?), which means it’s time to take a gander at Porch.com‘s Monthly Home Maintenance Guide and determine your to-dos for the next 30 days. On Wednesday, August 27, its suggested that you organize your closets, then get crazy and check the grout and sealants in your bathroom…
Part II: Negro Leaguer Marks Triumphant Return to Seattle
An inside look at the last living member of the Seattle Steelheads’ recent visit to Seattle
I’ve known Herb Simpson for several years now, but in general whenever I’ve seen him, it’s been at his house in the Algiers section of his hometown New Orleans. (He bought that house about 60 years ago soon after returning from World War II, and has lived in it ever since.) So I’ve never really…
Fall Drama: Our Picks from the Nordstrom Designer Preview
We present 11 gorgeous looks from the runway
As always, Nordstrom put on quite a show last Thursday, July 24 for their Designer Preview, in support of the Seattle Art Museum’s upcoming exhibit Pop Departures. The event always draws all the best people, but this year I spotted quite a few notable Seattleites, including musician/producer/it-girl Hollis Wong-Wear (the insanely talented artist, Mark Mitchell…
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