August 2013
Special Varietal Spotlight: MOURVÈDRE
EMERGING VARIETALMourvèdreMourvèdre is the workhorse of the vineyard. It is added to Rhône blends to bring an earthy note or to create a backbone of tannin. When Mourvèdre is used in rosés for its minerality and lack of full fruit, these superlight pink, sometimes pale orange wines are stony with light fruit of rhubarb and…
2013 Washington Wine Buying List
City denotes tasting room. To download a PDF version of this list, click here. WINES OF THE YEARRed Wine of the YearAvennia 2010 Arnaut Syrah, Yakima Valley, Boushey Vineyard, $45Woodinville425.877.1639avennia.com White Wine of the YearLullaby 2010 Viognier, Walla Walla Valley, $35Walla Walla509.386.1324lullabywinery.com RED WINESColumbia GorgeEclectic RedMemaloose 2010 Primitivo, Columbia Gorge, Idiot’s Grace, $25Lyle360.635.2887winesofthegorge.com Columbia ValleyRed…
2013 Washington Wine Awards Methodology and Tasting Panelists
Nominations for this year’s Washington Wine Awards were solicited from a panel of Washington wine and food professionals. More than 100 wines receiving the most votes in the varietal categories qualified for a blind tasting, which took place on March 4, 2013. The tasting was conducted by a panel of 20 industry professionals, and the…
Grilled Zucchini with Cotija Cheese and Pequin Chile Recipe
Serves 4 2 medium-size zucchini (about 1 pound) 1 teaspoon ground pequin chile, available at Mexican grocery stores or specialty spice merchants 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro 2-ounce piece Cotija cheese, grated finely Juice of half a lime 1 tablespoon quality olive oil 2 tablespoons Mexican crema or sour cream Kosher saltFresh ground pepper Preheat a…
Cooking with Cotija Cheese
Poquitos chef Manny Arce adds a sprinking of authenticity to Mexican dishes with Cotija cheese
Not long ago, nearly every Mexican restaurant north of the border smothered dishes in cheddar cheese, a world away from anything ringing authentic. Fortunately, as we’ve become familiar with Brie, Manchego, pecorino and myriad stinky cheeses, the profile of queso from Mexico has been elevated, too. Poquitos chef Manny Arce is a big fan of…
‘Full Rip 9.0’ Explores Seattle’s Earthquake Dangers
The book that cost Knute Berger a few sleepless nights
Bertha the underground tunnel-boring machine began her slow march under Seattle this summer. She’s been a long time coming. The Nisqually earthquake hit in 2001 and did enough damage to the Alaskan Way Viaduct that it needed to be replaced, but it’s taken more than a decade to just get this far. The urgency of…
Craft Cocktail Bars are Shaking Things Up
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to some of Seattle's best cocktail bars
BALLARDBastille Cafe & BarThe back bar has a certain sexiness and a lovely chandelier, but I like the more ornate front bar best, even if you are surrounded by the clatter of diners seeking French bistro fare. Sample the tangily refreshing Port Salut Buck (rum, cognac, lime, ginger, seltzer, bitters; $11) off the seasonally changing…
How Garfield High Defeated the MAP Test
How Garfield High School tipped the scales against a controversial standardized test
For students, the start of a new school year can feel like a blank slate, a chance to begin anew. This year, however, Seattle students (along with their parents and teachers) can be forgiven for experiencing a strong sense of déjà vu—the raging debate over standardized testing that dominated the 2012–2013 school year may have…
Barbecue in Style This Summer
The Incredible Egg It’s the Apple of the charcoal grill world with an entire culture unto itself—generating both popular cookbooks and festivals (Seattle’s is held in June). Fans of the Big Green Egg, known as “Eggheads,” love its ceramic domed design, based on Japanese kamado grills, that allows for maintaining very precise low and high…
Professional Tips to Help You Organize Your Kid’s Space
A professional organizer offers practical strategies for decluttering the kid-centric home
We do our best to keep a lid on all the stuff our kids collect, but have you taken a close gander at their play space or bedroom lately? Does it look like chaos? Given the way tiny toy parts seem to proliferate like bunnies, keeping them all in one place is a monumental Martha…
Raindrop-shaped Bangles from Baleen
Creative power couple Leah Lawrence, the designer and proprietress behind swimwear and mercantile Drifting Arrows (driftingarrows.com), and Billy Bartels, the designer of jewelry line Vim Beget (vimbeget.com) launched Baleen, a new jewelry collaboration last April. The two fabricate everything in their Ballard studio, mostly out of brass (to keep prices low, Lawrence says) with the…
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