lummi island wine tasting sept 27-28 ’24

Posted at September 26, 2024

Hours,  September 27-28  ’24

                Friday  4-6 pm     Saturday 3-5 pm

    Vaguely threatening mushroom at Otto Farm…

 

Friday Bread This Week

Whole Wheat Levain – Begins with a sourdouinal mixing of the dough- which is then fermented overnight in the refrigerator. This long slow process allows the fermentation process to start and the gluten to start developing. About 25% fresh milled whole wheat, a ‘toothy’ crumb, great texture and flavor and a nice crisp crust.  – $5/loaf

Semolina Levain – Semolina is made from durum wheat, which is a hard wheat and often used in pasta. The flour has a lovely golden color that comes through in the bread. Uses a sourdough starter/levain that ferments overnight before mixing the final dough with bread flour, semolina and fresh milled whole wheat and little butter for a soft crumb. Makes great toast! – $5/loaf

Gibassiers – A traditional french pastry recipe from southern France. Made with a delicious sweet dough full of milk, butter, eggs and olive oil, with orange flower water, candied orange peel and anise seed. After baking they are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with more sugar. – 2/$5

Island Bakery has developed a rotation cycle of several dozen breads and pastries. Each Sunday the Bakery emails the week’s bread offering to the mailing list. Orders received before 5 pm Tuesday (and not already claimed) will be available for pickup at the wine shop Friday from 4:00 – 5:30 pm.  Contact us at least two weeks before your visit to get on the bread list .

 

This week’s Wine Tasting:

Maryhill Winemaker’s White ’21     Washington      $14
Sauv blanc, viognier, semillon, albarino, pinot gris; careful early morning harvest, slow press cycle, limited oak, and blended to keep each varietal’s profile in both aromas and flavors– a complex, versatile, and tasty white blend!

Domaine Chibaou Surnaturel Merlot ’22     France     $25
Complex nose of black fruits, candied strawberries, and caramel; round, rich and concentrated, balanced, with good length in the mouth. No sulfites.

Greenwing Columbia Valley Cab Sauv   ’21    WA       $19
Alluring aromas of Bing cherry, rooibos tea, loamy earth with hints of cinnamon, clove, and wild herbs; palate of red currant, raspberry and wild strawberry, fine-grained tannins and bright acidity.

 

Economics of the Heart: Six Weeks and Counting…

Tweetster in the Fall

There’s an old saying: “If you want to live like a Republican, you should vote for Democrats.” This philosophy follows logically from the actions of Republican Administrations over the last 40 years. Reagan came in with the support of the Heritage Foundation, which had put together a legislative plan for his term to shift costs from big business onto consumers while doing away with spending on social safety nets for the old, the sick, the hungry, the poor, and the mentally ill.

The poor were blamed for being lazy and conning the system by having too many babies, drinking too much alcohol,  not looking for work, and being a drain on society. Reaganites called them “welfare queens” and Reagan actively cut back social support for the needy of all stripes while giving massive tax cuts that transferred some $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.

“For well over a decade economists and other social scientists have documented strong advantages in economic performance during Democratic administrations. A new Economic Policy Institute report updates this work to the latest data available and confirms that this Democratic advantage has persisted since 1949. Positive indicators like growth in gross domestic product (GDP), income, and wages grew faster, while negative indicators like unemployment, inflation, and interest rates have been lower. Further, the fruits of economic growth are distributed substantially more equally under Democratic presidents.” (Economic Policy Institute)

Indeed, EPI reports that since 1949 Democratic administrations have been very much better at managing the economy than Republicans, with:

The Maga movement largely consists of less-educated people who bear a sense of grievance that they are somehow victims of those with less than they have. Curiously, many Democrats have a sense of grievance, too, but ours is against the billionaires that buy politicians and judges to bend the rules in their favor.

Which brings us to this particular moment in this particularly unique election season. Over the past two months, Democratic hopes have risen behind the Harris-Walz ticket. Large numbers of younger voters, including many first-time voters, right-to-choose voters, gender explorers, and young women in red states have been registering to vote by the hundreds of thousands.

Meanwhile the world sees the Tweetster melting down, stumbling through his endless mantra of grievances as one by one his loyal fans leave his rallies early. These are all promising signs for a post-Tweetster world.

But in a very real sense, this election increasingly has less and less to do with him, and everything to do with with Heritage Project 2025 and its smug self-assurance that regardless of actual voting outcomes, they have enough control over enough election apparatus in enough places to tear our country to pieces by force and perhaps with the blessings of the Supreme Court.

So…keep an eye to weather, mates, yer powder dry and near to hand, and keep rowin’ steady till the tide turns! Arrgh!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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