For her fourth natural wine tasting event, Vif Wine|Coffee owner Shawn Mead didn’t trust the notoriously unpredictable Seattle spring weather. So rather than hosting it in Vif’s Fremont neighborhood parking lot, as she had the previous three, she chose the indoor safety of the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, a former church turned performance space some 500 feet away. Dubbed the … [Read more...] about Spring Soif: The Very Best From Seattle’s Natural Wine Fair
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Living Wines At Bar De Soif, Seattle’s New Natural Wine Pop-Up
Natural wine in Seattle is coming up. Fast. Exhibit A is L’Oursin, already an institution at just two years in. Mandie Liddle and Jonathan Werth met there as staffers back in 2017, but it didn’t take long for them to begin planning what was next for the city's burgeoning natural wine scene. “We wanted a place that we could afford, and meet with people who are excited … [Read more...] about Living Wines At Bar De Soif, Seattle’s New Natural Wine Pop-Up
“Beauty In Honesty”: Shawn Mead of Seattle’s Vif Wine|Coffee
Meet Shawn Mead, co-owner of Vif Wine|Coffee nestled in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, a self-assured but unpretentious advocate for honesty in wine. Although Vif opened 5 years ago, the concept had been fermenting for 15 years, when Vif cofounders Mead and Lauren Feldman first met. “If we had started something 15 years ago, it would have been really good, but what we … [Read more...] about “Beauty In Honesty”: Shawn Mead of Seattle’s Vif Wine|Coffee