lummi island wine tasting sept 23 ’16
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Friday Breads Reminder: NO Bread This Week!
Madame our baker is off on a cruise to Alaska, so no bread this week. 🙁
However, be of good cheer…she will be back in time to process your orders for next Friday!
Il Casolare Rosso
The Italian wine region of Le Marche stretches east from the spine of Italy to the Adriatic. It is one of about twenty Italian denominations in which Montepulciano (the grape) is permitted in blends, usually with sangiovese in various proportions. It is not to be confused with Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, which is from a particular region. After sangiovese, it is Italy’s most widely grown indigenous varietal.
We were away when this wine was poured on Labor Day weekend, and while we usually try not to pour any particular wine more than once in a few months, the fact is that we had not tasted any of the wines our visiting wine representative Elaine chose for Studio Tour weekend while we were away. Fact is, we are trying it right now as we write, and finding it pretty tasty!
We’re Back!
Been home about 24 hrs, nice place you all have here. Nice to be home and looking forward to seeing you all this weekend. Hope you can make it by for a little schmooze in the Quiet of the Last Weekend of Drydock!
For the Birds
There is not a lot going on besides the scenery when motoring slowly along a canal in the Camargue. It seems as much a land of water as of land. On several occasions, birds (herons and egrets mostly) would be wading near the shore or standing on it as we went by, but would take to the air as we came abeam and fly a way on ahead of us. A minute later we would approach their new spot, and they would fly off again.
This is a sequence trying to catch three egrets that “followed” just ahead of us one day. Not great photos– too bright to use view screen– but they do give a sense of the scenery along a canal in the Camargue.
This week’s wine tasting
Maryhill Winemaker’s White ’14 Washington $12
Flavorful blend of pinot gris, chardonnay, semillon and sauvignon blanc; opens with clean, bright aromas of pear and apple with touches of tangerine, butter and lemon oil.
Palama Arcangelo Rosato ’14 Italy $11
100% Negroamaro from Puglia at the hot dry heel of the Italian Boot; big for a rosato– bright, lush, and succulent, with aromas of wild strawberries, crisp acidity, and loads of flavor.
San Lorenzo Marche Rosso Il Casolare ’15 Italy $11
Half Montepulciano, half Sangiovese; from sandy soils in aged on the lees in concrete tanks; fruity, juicy, balanced and food-friendly with notes of herbs and spice.
Sanguineti Cannonau de Sardegna ’14 Italy $11
This cannonau– a Sardinian varietal known elsewhere as grenache– offers dry and dusty aromas and flavors of cherry, pomegranate and plum that leave lingering, crisp, earthy and briny flavors that beg for food.
Terra d’Oro Zinfandel ’13 California $14
Vibrant aromas of clove and big, generous fruit lead to concentrated flavors of juicy plums and blackberries,all with a good dose of toasted oak.
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