It began with bubbles. In 2017, after opening a size-inclusive swimwear store in St. Petersburg, Florida, Desiree Noisette decided she wanted to start serving wine and mimosas to her customers. However, Noisette found making mimosas at the store was messier than she’d hoped, and the ready-to-drink mimosa blends “were all too sweet — embarrassingly, crash-on-the-couch-and-take-a-nap sweet,” in her words. So Noisette decided to create her own ready-to-drink mimosas, made using Pacific Northwestern wines.
That decision, born out of frustration, inspired a nationally distributed line of bottled and canned wines, as well as a new Northwest Portland bar. Mermosa PDX, which opened earlier this summer on Northwest 23rd, pairs
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