In this Idaho Vines episode, we’ll learn more about the full circle odessey of a winemaking daughter of the Gem State, and her plans to begin producing Snake River AVA vintages from a small winery that currently sells primarily through a mailing list.

Porterhouse, located on Eagle Road just south of the intersection with State Street (not far from Bella Aquila), follows a retail model that hearkens back to the days of the neighborhood butcher shop – with one singularly modern difference: besides offering carefully selected cuts of meat and seafood, Porterhouse offers an array of complimentary food products – from regional wines to condiments and desserts – designed to heighten the experience of a great meat or seafood dish.

There are some restaurants that so define our local culinary scene that you can’t seem to think of a time that they weren’t a part of it. Which is why it’s hard to believe that 2009 marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of Boise’s Cottonwood Grille. Only ten years? Really? It was, in fact, 1999 when Chef Peter Blatz and his sommelier spouse, Hilary, moved to Boise from Denver.