Lummi Island Wine Tasting April 4 ’14
Opening: New Works by Anne Gibert
Today we installed a new art show featuring new works by our friend and neighbor Anne Gibert. As a group, these paintings all share a certain bold intensity, sometimes for their composition, sometimes for their contrast, and sometimes for their sheer Size in our tiny space. They are quite striking, and we highly recommend that you come by and take a look.
Anne will be in the shop Friday evening to host the Opening, and will provide a range of munchies to accompany our regular Friday night wine tasting. Shown above are a few images from the show. Don’t miss it! Click on images for larger version
The New Carpetbaggers
As both of you who read this blog probably figured out a long time ago, it isn’t just about wine. This is a very personal creative endeavor which has painstakingly evolved to its present form over many years. The typical structure is several short paragraphs, each illustrated with an image that in some way illuminates the topic. After all, if Google can show a thousand photos in response to any crackpot query, then anyone else should be able to link to it (free advertising!), especially in the service of zany Creativity!
That, it turns out, is an Open Question. We have recently received several heavy-handed, intimidating, and threatening letters (sent, peculiarly, by Bulk Mail…must be a Big Task shaking down Mom and Pop bloggers around the world…) from unscrupulous, nasty, grasping…what shall we call them?…ah, yes, Carpetbaggers, of course, which Wikipedia describes as “a pejorative term referring to the carpet bags (a fashionable form of luggage at the time of Reconstruction)…the term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders, and is still used today to refer to an outsider perceived as using manipulation or fraud to obtain an objective.”
Millions for Defense, but Not One Cent for Tribute!
These lines go back to the “XYZ Affair” involving bribery demands on U. S. diplomats by officials of the new French Republic in 1798. But the version I prefer for the statement goes back to our war against the Barbary Pirates around the same time, “(the shores of Tripoli”), which took the Pirates out of US Hair (no pun intended) once and for all. As mentioned above, our business in general and this blog in particular are currently being harassed by an unscrupulous outfit called “Getty Images, a gigantic global firm that supposedly owns the rights to some 80 million images, many of which come up in Google searches for anything you can imagine, like, oh, let’s say, “Flying Elephants,” and which are rarely identified online as proprietary. Getty has gained an international reputation for preying on Mom and Pop bloggers like us, and we are joining the ranks of thousands of others who find their behavior offensive in the extreme and are determined to fight them. In our case, they want $1400 in compensation because I linked to one of their (unidentified) online photos in this blog. Stay tuned. “Arrgghh…Now All Hands report to the Bos’n’s Locker for Cutlass Issue…look lively now, lads, and stand by to Repel Boarders!!”
This week’s tasting
Giro Ribot Cava Brut Spain $11
Delicate bubbles, deep minerality, and invigorating acidity make this the perfect start to any gathering.
Scarafone Montecucco Rosso ’08 Italy $12
90% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A rustic Italian red with aromas and flavors of dried cherry and dark blackberry, with a somewhat toasty character that includes bramble and dried herbs with a hint of leather.
Les Pious Cotes de Rhone Grenache ’11 France $14
Smooth and rich, with notes of plum and caraway; grown biodynamically and aged in cement tanks…nice!
OS Red ’11 Washington $14
64% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon. A silky blend from some of WA’s best vineyards; Deep, rich color; smoky condensed fruit on the nose. Full and round on the palate, with notes of black currants and plums.
OS Riesling ’12 Washington (92pts WE) $11
Apple blossom and citrus aromas; broad, flavorful palate of quince, lemon custard, lime, and honey-tinged mineral notes; bracing acidity; should evolve further over time and age well thru 2034.
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