Jan 25, 2012 Posted by Nancy

Free Lamb Cooking Demo with Wine Tasting

Do you love lamb yet wonder how to prepare it at home? Would you like to have confidence when selecting a wine to match? This Sunday is your chance to learn from two acclaimed Seattle chefs and two amazing Washington winemakers.  You’ve seen Bean wax poetic about American Lamb and wine after attending Lamb Jam. Well, consider this a MUCH smaller yet very intimate, scaled down Lamb Jam. On one... read more

Nov 11, 2011 Posted by Nancy

Pairing Chocolate with Beer

Last April we asked the question, “Is pairing wine with chocolate like having sex on the beach?” Well, what about pairing beer and chocolate? The Finkels of Pike Brewing celebrate the pairing of beer and chocolate each year right before Valentine’s Day with their Chocofest that they like to bill as “foreplay before the big day.” So maybe this is the pairing we should be romanticizing. The... read more

Oct 19, 2011 Posted by Nancy

Pairing Washington Wine with Indian Food

Do you find pairing spicy cuisines with wine can prove a challenge sometimes? So do we.  Even though we’ve learned a lot at school about food and wine pairing, what sounds good on paper doesn’t always translate to real world success. So when we find a pairing to be a challenge, we simply experiment. In other words, we prepare a dish (or two or three…), and open up a few bottles of wine... read more

Oct 3, 2011 Posted by Nancy

Top Washington Wine Blends

In order to showcase and celebrate top Washington wine blends, Peha Promotions has collaborated with Columbia Hospitality to create the event BLEND. Last year the event made its debut with blending seminars, decadent food, and some amazing Washington wineries. This year, BLEND was modified a bit. Among the changes, blending stations flanked several wineries in lieu of a sit down seminar. Wine World... read more

Sep 5, 2011 Posted by Nancy

Seattle Celebrates Tempranillo

The question on many Washington wine drinkers’ lips these days is whether Tempranillo is the next “IT” varietal for Washington State? Syrah and Merlot have had their times in the spotlight and Malbec has been gaining attention. Meanwhile, an increasing number of grape growers, winemakers, and wine drinkers are now excited about Washington Tempranillo. While Tempranillo has long been one of... read more