Links

Below are some of our favorite links about food, wine, spirits, music, art and other vices.

Wine

IPNC - International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville, Oregon.
Willamette Valley wineries - Oregon's Northern wine growing region.
Oregon Wine Board - Clearinghouse of information about Oregon wine.
Avalon - One of the best sites to find out about and buy local wines.

Beer

Oregon Brewers Guild - Ground central for all things beer in Oregon.
McMenamins - Amazing chain of breweries, pubs and beer B&B's.
The Real Beer Page - Online access to the craft beer community.
Celebrator - Beer news, views, rumors and innuendo...

Spirits

Dolmen Distillery - Distilled mead is a rare elixer. Don't pass this up.
House Spirits - Killer aquavit from Portland, Oregon.
Clear Creek Distillery - Best pear brandy on earth.
Ransom Spirits - Top notch grappas & aquavitae from Oregon.
Wormwood Society - All about absinthe
Sub Rosa Spirits - Savory vodka and spirits from Oregon.
Integrity Spirits - Vodka, Gin and Absinthe
Oregon Distillers Guild - Oregon micro distilleries galore.

Food

Spice compendium - In depth look at use and history of spices.
Penzeys Spices - One of the best spice stores on the planet.
What's Cooking America - Nifty recipes care of Linda Stradley
Cooks Illustrated - The masters of 'how to' cook. Amazing resource.

Music

Grateful Dead radio - Streaming GD audio.
Sons of Champlin - Motown on LSD.
etree - Database of live music traders.
SugarMegs - Streaming live music from 60's - 2004
Setlist.com - Live show setlists for a variety of artists.
Bit Torrent - Download live and legal musical events.
eTree Bit Torrent - Peer to peer distribution of live shows.

Art

Masami Teraoka - New wave Japanese woodblocks.
Spirit Wrestler - Inuit sculptures and Northwest Indian art.
Getty Images - Buy some of the best stock images around.

Humor

Art Frahm - A study in the effects of celery and gravity on pin-up art.
Red Meat - From the secret files of Max Cannon.