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August 3, 2018

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Approximate price difference (in U.S. dollars) between a glass of Washington State red wine at a typical Seattle wine bar and a grande-sized Frappuccino from Seattle’s coffee giant, Starbucks ($12 for the vino; $4 for the frapp). The first Starbucks opened its doors in Seattle in 1971, ushering in nearly half a century during which Washington has been known for two of the world’s great beverages.

Delayed Gratification

“I hover over the expensive Scotch and then the Armagnac, but finally settle on a glass of rich red claret. I put it near my nose and nearly pass out. It smells of old houses and aged wood and dark secrets, but also of hard, hot sunshine through ancient shutters and long, wicked afternoons in a four-poster bed. It’s not a wine, it’s a life, right there in the glass.”

—Nick Harkaway, author, The Gone-Away World

—Nick Harkaway, author, The Gone-Away World

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