“you are traveling in Another Dimension,”<\/em> in this case one where the Mad Hatter has become the most Powerful Person in the World, yet continues Speaking in Riddles and Blustering Nonsense, Filling the air with Confusion, and Ushering in the new Post-Fact Society.<\/p>\nAnd yet, despite his Madness, he seems to have reached deep into the Lovecraftian sewers, impossibly deep and hidden tunnels Below Us and called forth the Unspeakable Creatures of Loathing that have dwelt there Time Out of Mind. He has called them forth to be his Dark Lords and charged them with extinguishing All Hope and All Light, to fill every heart with Despair and Hopelessness, and Condemn them to an Eternity of Suffering.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it also fits the daily data dumps that somehow the Three Stooges have inadvertently taken over the country, and of course not being the Brightest Bulbs in the Box, have no idea how anything works, but are Completely Clear that the reason things don’t work the way they want is because there is a Conspiracy Against Them.<\/p>\n
Bottom line: it doesn’t matter if this so-called Administration is the Embodiment of Evil or the Incarnation of Idiocy. Either way– or both ways at once– either way, the longer they are allowed to continue their Charade of Governing, the more grim becomes the Future of our Entire Planet.<\/p>\n
If every single one of us committed a few minutes every day to do something concrete to fight this Menace, we can make a difference. This paragraph is what I am doing Today.<\/p>\n
On that note, we hope to see you all this weekend, either Friday (no bread!)<\/em>, Saturday (low key and good for conversation),<\/em> or Sunday’s Concert (another chance to celebrate Life)<\/em>…!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
This week’s wine tasting
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIdilico Albarino ’15\u00a0\u00a0 Washington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $14<\/strong>
\nPale lemon-yellow. Aromas of ginger apple and quinine; supple and easy to drink, showing moderate energy and lift to its apple fruit. A bit sweet\/sour on the persistent, saline finish.<\/em><\/p>\nAltos Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda\u00a0 \u201815 \u00a0 Argentina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $9<\/strong>
\nBright\u00a0ruby color; spicy\u00a0aromas of fresh cherries and a balanced\u00a0acidity that makes it fresh and juicy in the mouth, where fine tannins provide a long and pleasant finish.
\n<\/em><\/p>\nTenuta la Favola Fravolato<\/strong>
\nFruity, with notes of strawberries and cherries; fresh, round, elegant and pleasant fruit extraction, with a strong aftertaste of cherries and plums. An elegant and charming wine!<\/em><\/p>\nKaiken \u201cUltra\u201d Malbec \u201914\u00a0 \u00a0 Argentina \u00a0 $17<\/strong>
\nFloral, spicy aromas\u00a0of blueberries and blackberries, with flavors of toasty and chocolate; inish is fresh, complex, and persistent with subtle spicy undertones.<\/p>\nMarqu\u00e9s de Valdueza Grand Vino de Guarda ’07 Spain $29<\/strong>
\nOld school Spanish style; lots of barrel time yields opaque cherry color with garnet edge; powerful, expressive nose of roasted almonds and sweet spices; and soft palate of dark ripe fruits and berries, with a textured palate softened by time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(note: some photos will enlarge when clicked) No Bread this week Janice, our Stalwart Baker and indefatigable basketball fan, is away this week on an annual pilgrimage to some early tiers of March Madness. A long-time Spokane resident, she has a particular thang for Gonzaga, so the better the Bulldogs do, maybe the less bread […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-tasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6810,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions\/6810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Janice, our Stalwart Baker and indefatigable basketball fan, is away this week on an annual pilgrimage to some early tiers of March Madness. A long-time Spokane resident, she has a particular thang <\/em>for Gonzaga, so the better the Bulldogs<\/em> do, maybe the less bread there might be in your future…hmm<\/em>…<\/p>\n