What to eat with Puget Sound & Islands wines, on the trail and at home: local pairings that actually work.
Pairing here starts with the wines themselves: urban Seattle cellars, ferry-ride island tasting rooms and the 1995 AVA's rare cool-climate grapes - Madeleine Angevine, Siegerrebe and Pinot Noir grown west of the mountains.
Langley and Port Townsend pair tasting with real restaurant towns; Seattle's cellars sit minutes from the city's food halls; Westport's garden resort runs its own kitchen on the coast
ride the Bainbridge ferry from downtown Seattle and taste at Eleven, Eagle Harbor and Perennial Vintners, then decide whether the next trip is Whidbey's Langley cluster or a San Juans weekend
Where kitchens are scarce, a cooler and a farm-stand stop turn any permitted picnic table into the best restaurant in the region.
the AVA's signatures travel light - Madeleine Angevine and Siegerrebe whites, island Pinot Noir, and the eastern-Washington reds most rooms also pour for the cellar case, and both reward the table more than the trophy shelf.
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