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to the price at the time of
purchase, so price tags rarely
include taxes.

Returns
Be sure you understand the
store’s return policy before you
pay. Each store sets its own
return and exchange policies,
which are generally to be found
posted at the cash register.
Some stores offer full refunds,
while others maintain an all-
sales-final policy or give an
in-shop credit note rather
than a refund.
Keep your receipt as a proof
of purchase, in case you decide Wine shop at Chateau Ste. Michelle, one of Washington’s top vineyards
to return the item or find that it
is in some way defective. Sale Most of the larger markets Valley (see p195), the Walla Walla
items are usually not returnable. are open year-round, whereas Valley (see pp196–7), the greater
many of the smaller markets Puget Sound area, and British
may be seasonal, running from Columbia’s Okanagan Valley (see
early spring to late fall. pp262–3) offer guided tours and
wine tastings. Most of the winer-
ies also sell directly to the public.
Outlet Stores
Winegrowers’ associations in
Shoppers can find great bargains Oregon, Washington, and British
at outlet malls, sometimes Columbia provide visitors with
saving as much as 70 percent maps and guides to regional
off the regular price. wineries, as well as information
Oregon is home to the about special events, such
Columbia Gorge Premium as Washington Wine Month
Outlets, east of Portland in (March), the Oregon Wine
Troutdale, and the Woodburn Month (May), the Oregon
Fruit stall at Granville Island’s public Premium Outlets, located south Wine and Art Auction, and
market, Vancouver of Portland. Tanger Factory the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival,
Outlet Center, the largest in the in British Columbia.
Markets
Pacific Northwest, offers tax-free
Farmers’ markets held in cities shopping. Washington’s 50-store
and rural communi ties across Premium Outlets at North Bend
the Pacific Northwest sell locally is located east of Seattle.
grown fruits and vegetables. British Columbia’s outlet
Apples, apricots, plums, cherries, centers includes the Roots
berries, tomatoes, and zucchini factory outlets in Vancouver
are common offerings. Some and New Westminster, just east
markets also sell seafood, of Vancouver.
baked goods, flowers, crafts,
and locally made souvenirs. Fine Wines
Markets range from large and
sheltered, such as Granville The Pacific Northwest produces
Island Public Market (see p223) world-class rieslings, pinot
in Vancouver, and Pike Place noirs and chardonnays, as well
Market (see pp136–9) in Seattle, as dessert wines, such as late
to medium-sized open-air mar- harvest wines and flavorful ice
kets, such as the Saturday Market wines made from grapes
in Portland’s Old Town district that are picked and crushed
(see p58), to small markets while frozen. Pinot gris and
consisting of a few trucks pinot blanc are also becoming
parked in a lot or field. Many of increas ingly important varieties.
the seafood merchants at these Hundreds of wineries in
markets, particularly larger ones, Oregon’s Willamette Valley (see Kite store to suit all tastes and winds,
will ship fresh fish to your home. pp102–3), Washington’s Yakima Pacific City, Oregon

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