lummi island wine tasting labor day weekend sept 2-3 ’16
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Friday Breads (email us to get on the preorder mailing list! )
Buttermilk Currant – made with about half bread flour and half fresh milled whole wheat, buttermilk to tenderize the crumb and a little honey to balance the whole grain flavors, loaded up with currants and just a bit of fresh rosemary from the garden. Makes great toast and even better french toast!- $5/loaf.
Buckwheat Walnut & Honey – A flavorful mix of buckwheat and bread flour with toasted walnuts and honey. Buckwheat has a great earthy flavor that is really delicious. This bread goes well with meats and cheeses or fresh sliced tomatoes (if you have some ripe ones!) – $5/loaf.
Artisan Hamburger Buns – so you canstyle=”float: left; margin-right: 10px;” Go All Out for that last barbecue of the summer! Made with bread flour and fresh milled white whole wheat, some sugar, butter and milk to keep the crumb tender, and finished with an onion topping – 4/$5
September Schedule Update
#1: This weekend (Sept 2-3) is Labor Day Weekend Artists’ Studio Tour, and although we will be away, the wine shop will be open as usual Friday and Saturday. On Friday Janice and Sue are your hosts, as they were a couple of weeks ago…you know, the regular Friday Night DIY Impromptu Bread & Wine Sharing.
Then Saturday our very knowledgeable friend and wine rep Elaine has volunteered to spend the day pouring selections from her companies’ portfolios (we will post her tasting list next week!). We encourage Our Faithful to make a Special Effort to come by, say Hi, and see what she has brought. Btw, chances are that some Friday wines may carry over from this weekend’s wines (just sayin’), while Saturday’s wines will be Elaine’s hand-picked selections! We strongly recommend you come Both Days!
#3. First Drydock weekend (Sept 9-10) we are still Away. Janice and Sue will again host for Bread Friday. Then, on Saturday, by Popular Demand (!) Judy A. has volunteered to pour some great selections from her company’s portfolio. Even though it will be the First Weekend of Drydock, and therefore Quiet on the island, you all know that Judy always carries a Banner of Festivity with her, brightening all Nearby Spirits! Don’t miss it!
#4. NB: Second Drydock Weekend (Sept 16-17) : So sorry, we are away, Janice is away, and wine shop (sob!) Closed All Weekend. (So be sure to stock up!) We will be back for Sept 23-24 weekend as usual.
Travel Plan
We arrived in Montpellier yesterday and will set off today on our canal trip in the Camargues for a week, after shopping ffor provisions in the nearby public market, with its carefully and beautifully presented displays.
After that we will explore a couple of the lesser-known wine regions of Gaillac and Cahors in the larger catch-all French Wine Region generally just called the “Sud-Ouest”, or Southwest, which includes a wide area with Bordeaux to the northwest, Languedoc to the south and east, and Spain and the Pyrenees to the southwest.
Besides being the home of many lesser-known French wine regions, the area also is home to some of the oldest examples of prehistoric human culture, particularly the painted caves at Les Eyzies-de-Tayac and Lascaux. With some luck we will be able to visit them, the former being the Real Thing that still allows a few visitors each day, and the latter being the Authentic Copy to give a Realistic Taste of the Original without damaging it with our breath and our bacteria.
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This week’s wine tasting
San Rocco Soave ’15 Italy $10
Beautiful aromas lemon, green apple and fresh apricots. The palate is fresh and clean with beautiful citrus and apple flavors with hints of almond. A great summer wine! Summer wine.
Villa des Anges Rosé ’14 France $10
Spicy and focused on the nose, showing fresh citrus and red berry and a hint of white pepper. Dry and nervy on the palate, with refreshing bitter cherry and berry skin flavors.
Lovo Cabernet Veneto ’15 Italy $11
A new Italian face on a familiar varietal, this surprisingly tasty cabernet is unoaked, bright, clean, and zesty.
Domaine La Croix Belle Caringole ’14 France $10
Syrah, Carignan and Merlot blend from Languedoc’s Cotes de Thongue region; fresh and supple with flavors of cherry, and black olive, and herbs.
Airfield Estate Merlot ’13 Washington $14
Slightly muted nose with dill, red cherry and raspberry, and flavors of red cherry, pomegranate, dill and milk chocolate. Easy, silky texture with good balance.
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