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lummi island wine tasting may 16-17 ’25

Summer Hours!!

       Fridays and Saturdays,   4-6 pm

  

Friday Bread  This Week

Black Pepper Walnut- made with a nice mix of flours, bread flour, fresh milled whole wheat and rye. A fair amount of black pepper and toasted walnuts give this bread great flavor with just a bit of peppery bite to it. Works well with all sorts of meats and cheese- $5/loaf

Four Seed Buttermilk – Includes cracked wheat and bran in the bread flour instead of milled whole wheat berries, plus buttermilk and oil for a tender bread and a little tang, honey, sunflower, pumpkin,, sesame seeds and toasted millet  – $5/loaf

…and pastry this week…

Pain aux Raisin – Made with the same laminated dough as croissants. The dough is rolled out, spread with pastry cream and sprinkled with a mix of golden raisins and dried cranberries that have been soaked in sugar syrup. Rolled up and sliced before baking. These are my favorites! As always, quantities are limited, be sure to get your order in early!  -$5/loaf

Island Bakery has developed a rotation cycle of several dozen breads and pastries. Each Sunday Janice emails the week’s bread offering to her mailing list. Orders received before 5 pm Tuesday  will be available for pickup at the wine shop each Friday from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. Go to Contact us to get on the bread email list.

 

This week’s wine tasting

Schmitt Pinot Blanc ’17      Alsace       $19
Creamy-smooth nose of subdued pear notes adds an earthy element on the palate and adds an earthy element toward a dry, smooth finish.

Sanguineti Morellino de Scansano Sangiovese ’21     Italy         $14
Soil of river stones, quartz, sea shells; flavors of sun-ripened, slightly smoky fruit, fresh cracked pepper, sage, and ocean brine; taut structure and a long, slightly smoky finish.

Château de Crousilles Madiran ’20        France        $32
A big, bold, old vine blend of tannat, cab franc, and cab sauv, with a dense, inky core and slightly lighter rim; youthful nose of dark plum, kirsch, bay leaf, tobacco and mild oak, and a dense, restrained tannic structure of darker fruit with herbaceous and peppery flavors.

 

Economics of the Heart: Seeds of Resistance

Tides may not be turning exactly, but there is a lot of rough water bouncing around as the public starts wising up to the catastrophic intentions of Project 2025. The Tweetster is now visiting his buddies and benefactors in the Middle East, completely disarmed by their opening their vast checkbooks to his every need and mesmerized by his own growing $billions. As if they actually like him. As if he were using them. These guys are astronomically wealthy masters of flattery and brutality, the same guys who cut Jamal Kashoggi into little pieces for annoying them a little.

We are all up to our necks in the deliberate chaos being continually churned up by the puppet-masters at Heritage and their Congressional flock of willing Sheep. There is no scenario in which their efforts can lead to a better world for anyone, including themselves.

Whether we like it or not, the whole world is being swept up in this chaos, making every person and every nation reassess their values, goals, and alliances in search of stability and safety. We have been seeing increasing resistance to the deterioration of citizen rights, broad illegal presumption of power by the Executive branch, the deployment of masked secret police across the country under the guise of “immigration enforcement,” and a deliberate ongoing flow of misinformation from the White House. Every day more people are waking up to it and a resistance movement is building across the country. A growing majority of citizens is now aware of this ongoing assault on the Constitution to which we have all pledged allegiance many times over many years.

“The Trump administration is not just dismantling healthcare; it’s dismantling the very idea of government responsibility, and the majority of House Republicans appear to be paving the way, this time without Trump having to own it or take responsibility for it. It’s a ruse that’s been baked behind the scenes. Savvy politics on his behalf, but really dumb politics on their behalf. Dumb enough that (even) Senator Josh Hawley is calling them out.” Olivia Troy:  link

“For not one of his signature initiatives during his first 100 days in office does Trump have the authority under the Constitution and laws of the United States that he claims,” Judge Luttig writes. “Not for tariffs, not for unlawful deportations, not for attacks on colleges and law firms, not for his attacks on birthright citizenship, not for handing power to billionaire Elon Musk and the ‘Department of Government Efficiency,’ not for trying to end due process, not for his attempts to starve government agencies by impounding their funding, not for his vow to regulate federal elections, not for his attacks on the media.”   Heather Cox Richardson:   link

“It is time for Republican congressional leaders to look in the mirror. Five years ago, Republican Senator (and now majority leader) Thune claimed that “Republicans believe in the Constitution, and that’s what dictates what happens.” Similarly, speaker Johnson’s website proudly proclaims: “Each branch of government must adhere to the Constitution, and… Congress must faithfully perform its Constitutional responsibility.”  – Austin Sarat article in the Guardian

 

 

 

 

lummi island wine tasting may 9-10 ’25

Wine Tasting  May 9-10  ’25 

Now on Summer Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays  4-6 pm!

 

 

 

the Gorge looking SW over I-84 across the river

(sorry, phone camera not up to the task!)

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Our site has been down for a couple of weeks with a code glitch (first in 15 yrs) and we are our searching for more great wines for your tasting pleasure.  Jonathan will be hosting, enjoy!

Back soon!

Rich ‘n’ Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lummi island wine tasting april 25-26 ’25

Wine Tasting  April 25-26  ’25 

Now on Summer Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays  4-6 pm!

 

 

Lummi Island refection from Bayview State Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Bread Pickup This Week

Multi Grain made with pre-fermented dough – Using this preferment a portion of the flour, water, salt & yeast is mixed and fermented overnight before mixing the final dough. The next day it is mixed with bread flour and fresh milled whole wheat and rye, then some cornmeal, flax, sunflower and sesame seeds are added for a nice bit of crunch and some extra flavor.  –$5/loaf

Rosemary Olive Oil – Also made with pre-fermented dough like the Multi Grain and then mixed with bread flour and freshly milled white whole wheat for additional flavor and texture. Fresh rosemary from the garden and olive oil to make for a nice tender crumb and a nice crisp crust. A great all around bread – $5/loaf

…and pastry this week…

Rum Raisin Brioche: A delicious brioche dough full of eggs, butter and sugar. Filled with golden raisins and chunks of almond paste and as if that wasn’t enough, topped with a chocolate glaze before baking. Ooh la la, what’s not to like. I can only make a limited number so be sure to get your order in early. – 2/$5.

 

This week’s $10  Wine Tasting

Vielle Ferme Blanc  ’23       France      $12
Flavorful blend of bourboulenc, grenache blanc, roussanne, ugni blanc, & vermentino delivering seductive aromas of jasmine, hawthorn, and pear with flavors of blood orange with delicate saline notes.

Marietta Old Vine Red    ’22     California   $16
Zinfandel-based red blend from Geyserville with lovely bright plum fruit, dark focused notes of briar and black tea, sweet spice, medium body, and velvety tannins to pair with almost any meal or occasion.

Decoy Red ’21            California              $18
60% Cab, 40% Merlot, Zinfandel, Syrah, and Cab; aromas of blackberry, plum, spice and savory herbs; fresh, rich, and savory on the palate with rich, silky tannins and a long, lush finish.

 

(Traveling, no essay this week…)

 

 

 

lummi island wine tasting april 18-19 ’25

Wine Tasting  April 18-19  ’25  Now on Summer Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays  4-6 pm!   spring turning toward summer…!           Friday Bread Pickup This Week Italian Breakfast Bread – A sweetly delicious bread! Made with bread flour, eggs, yogurt, a little sugar and vanilla, with dried cranberries, golden raisins, and candied lemon peel. Perfect for breakfast toast or how about some Easter morning French Toast!?  – $5/loaf Colomba di Pasqua  (aka ‘Easter Dove’): A traditional Italian Easter cake made with a sweet Italian levain (lievito madre),with a sweet, cake-like dough of eggs, sugar and butter, fresh and candied orange peel, a crunchy almond/hazelnut glaze and pearl sugar before baking in a dove-shaped baking form!   – $10/loaf Hot Cross Buns – Uses an enriched dough with plenty of butter, sugar and eggs, with lots of of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, balancing  plenty of currants, and candied lemon, and orange peel, and topped with a flavorful paste.   2/$5   This week’s $10  Wine Tasting Robert Hall Sauv Blanc   ’22      Refreshingly dry and light-bodied with aromas of green apple, citrus, and lemongrass, with bright,crisp, lively acidity. Phantom Red Blend ’20    WA   $17 Petite Sirah- Zinfandel blend delivers palate of dark blackberry and boysenberry with pepper notes and on a balanced structure with tantalizing layers of baking spices and velvety tannins…a consistent local favorite! Hess Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon ’21          California             $26 Intense aromas of bright red cherry and raspberry, followed by notes of cedar and black pepper accompanied by layers of juicy, full raspberry notes, smooth tannins, and lingering finish of chocolate and roasted espresso.”   Economics of the Heart: Fighting Back The “Velocity of Money“ (click sound on, 1st 90 secs only) is a measure of the rate at which exchange takes place in an economy. It estimates the number of times that a unit of currency moves from one entity to another within a given period of time. Simply put, it’s the rate at which buyers and sellers in an economy collectively exchange value. Every purchase is also a sale. Our own favorite metaphor for this is a global table we all sit around with a little pile of “money” in front of us. When someone buys something from us we receive “money/credit” from one side, and when we buy something we pass some of that money to our left. The flow is global and incessant. In an economic boom, $$ passing through the economy too quickly can cause inflation, and $$ passing through too slowly can cause a contraction. It is the job of the Federal Reserve system to balance this ‘velocity of money’ to maintain about a 2% annual growth rate. During the recent Covid-caused recession, coordination between the Biden administration and the Fed got our economy through the global pandemic exceptionally well, comparatively speaking, despite the idiotic policies of the Tweetster’s last (we thought) year in office. Any normal person taking office after Biden would have recognized they were getting a booming post-Covid economy running on all cylinders, and their main focus should have been to leave ittf alone! But Project 2025 is not interested in keeping the economy running. Its primary goals are to loot the US economy for their own personal gain; replace our Constitutional government with a fascist dictatorship with no individual rights, in which anyone can be arrested, tortured, and disappeared at the whim of any local “boss.” Project 2025 is not interested in our economy, the global economy, or the well-being of Americans or the global environment. It appears that their single purpose is to align with Putin’s Russia and hurt as many people as they can, as much as they can, as soon as they can, for as long as they can. One practical recipe for avoiding this dystopian future was recently outlined by Russian Chess Champion Gary Kasporov in this recent article in the Atlantic. While Kasporov discusses many reasons for anxiety, concern, and immediate engagement based on his experiences in Putin’s Russia, the article closes with a very practical and essential First Step to hobble Project 2025: “Four votes in the Senate. Three votes in the House. That’s all it takes. Find the weakest links. Go after them, democratically. Fundraise for them if they stand up, or against them if they don’t. The two-party system in America right now is Traitors versus Losers. Playing to win means asking every red-state legislator if they are fine with being in the Traitor Caucus.” Sounds like a Plan!              

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