lummi island wine tasting april 5-6 ’24
Hours, April 5-6 ’24
Friday 4-6 pm Saturday 3-5 pm
a sunrise we can actually see…!
This week’s wine tasting
MAN Chenin Blanc ’21 South Africa $11
Using only free-run juice preserves a clean, natural character, refreshing acidity, light, bright flavors of quince, pear, and pineapple, with palate of fresh stonefruit and apple, refreshing acidity & minerality, and a round, soothing mouthfeel.
Sanguineti Morellino de Scansano ’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.
Garzon Petit Clos Marselan ’19 Uruguay
Intense red color with carmine reflections; elegant nose of red and black fruits with finish of eucalyptus and mint; Palate of integrated tannins, mineral and subtly saline notes that reflect its exceptional terroir.
Friday Bread This Week
Rosemary Olive Oil – Made 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
Multi Grain- – Uses a preferment of a portion of the flour, water, salt & yeast, mixed and fermented overnight before mixing the final dough. This allows a portion of the dough to begin the enzymatic activity and gluten development overnight in a cool environment. The next day it is mixed with bread flour and fresh milled whole wheat and rye, then some oatmeal, flax, sunflower and sesame seeds are added for a nice bit of crunch and some extra flavor. – $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.
Wine of the Week: Garzon Petit Clos Marselan ’19 Uruguay $17
At the southern-most point on the Uruguayan Atlantic coast and 160 meters above sea level, these Marselan vines were planted in a unique geographical landscape with a temperate climate. Using organic farming practices allows each vineyard to reflect the authentic personality of its unique location.
Geology in coastal Uruguay belongs to what is known as Crystalline Basement, the oldest soils on the planet, over 2 billion years old. Over millennia these rocks are altered and broken down by geological forces,developing a fantastic soil of weathered rock called Ballast.
Since all the wines we have tasted from this winery have substantially over-delivered for their modest prices, we are persuaded that there is indeed something special going on in these vines’ local geology, geography, and climate…you know, the terroir…that is very wine-friendly!
As for Marselan, it was created in 1961 as a cross between Bordeaux varietal cab sauv and Rhone varietal grenache. Because of its small grape sizes, it was not grown for some years, until, because of its resistance to many vine disease organisms, it found homes in a few vineyards in France, California, and Uruguay.
Economics of the Heart: Time for a Course Change
creative commons
“All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets.”
“I had some beautiful pictures taken in which I had a big smile on my face. I looked happy, I looked content, I looked like a very nice person, which in theory I am.”
“Right now, a number of state laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change.”
“I’m the most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far. Nobody’s ever been more successful than me. I’m the most successful person ever to run. Ross Perot isn’t successful like me. Romney – I have a Gucci store that’s worth more than Romney.”
“Sorry losers and haters, but my IQ is one of the highest – and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure, it’s not your fault.”
“I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute; is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside…?”
“We have Stealth bombers that are completely invisible. You can be standing right next to one, and you can’t see it at all.”
“You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons, and other things; like lots of things are done with uranium, including bad things.”
“Canadians are smuggling things back into Canada because the tariffs are so massive…so high that they have to smuggle them in. They buy shoes, then they wear them. They scuff them up. They make them sound old or look old.”
“A virus like the Corona virus hasn’t been seen since the 1917 flu that ended WWII.”
“In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around Boston and New York and named it after the great George Washington, commander-in-chief. Our army manned the air. It rammed the ramparts. It took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant.”
“26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?”
“All of the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me- consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected.”
“I think I am actually humble. I think I am much more humble than you would understand.”
“Pence did something wrong. He should have put the votes back to the state legislatures. I think we would have had a different outcome, I really do.”
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. … Grab ’em by the pussy, you can do anything.”
to Zelensky: “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. She (US ambassador Yovanovitch) is going to go through some things. I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it.”
- “I cannot tell a lie.” -George Washington
- “I cannot tell the truth.” -Donald Trump
- “I cannot tell the difference.” -Trump voter
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