I had the pleasure and honor of writing the cover story for the 2008 Wine & Spirits issue of The Sunday Times Pacific Northwest magazine. The magazine’s editors, a wonderful young staff photographer, and I chose Six Young Wineries to Watch. In the same issue, I also wrote my usual Taste column, which featured the Women of Walla Walla–women winemakers and winery owners. Finally, I penned the Portrait column about A.J. Rathbun, who toils as senior editor at Amazon.com’s Kitchen Store by day, but mixes a mean cocktail (and writes authoritative and fun books on the subject) for The Harvard Common Press.