{"id":7546,"date":"2017-12-22T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2017-12-22T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:40:27","slug":"lummi-island-wine-tasting-december-22-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/lummi-island-wine-tasting-december-22-17\/","title":{"rendered":"lummi island wine tasting december 22 &#8217;17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(note: some photos will enlarge when clicked)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Christmas Breads<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20141024-122220.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=986416002  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4662\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20141024-122220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:211\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20141024-122220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:105\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20141024-122220.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cranberry Walnut Braid <\/strong>&#8211; <em>A yeast bread enriched with buttermilk, eggs, sugar, butter and lemon. Then stuffed full of dried cranberries and toasted walnuts. This bread has a soft, tender crumb and is bursting with flavor, a great addition to your Christmas table -or Christmas morning breakfast as french toast! &#8211; $5\/loaf<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pain aux Noix-<\/strong> <em>In France all nuts are referred to as Noix, in this case hazelnuts. This is a delicious bread made with bread flour and fresh milled white whole wheat, milk and butter are added for a tender crumb and some honey for sweetness. Then it is loaded up with toasted hazelnuts. It is a traditional celebratory bread -$5\/loaf<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For pastry this week:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gibassiers &#8211;<\/strong><em> A traditional french pastry that incorporates the flavors from the southern France region. Made with a delicious sweet dough full of milk, butter, eggs and olive oil. The addition of orange flower water, candied orange peel and anise seed bring great flavor to these pastries. After baking they are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with more sugar. Ooh La La a delightful pastry with your morning coffee or tea. &#8211; 2\/$5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Holiday Wine Shop Schedule<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, December 22- <em>open 4-7 for both wine tasting and bread pickup, Janice hosting<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, December 23- <em>closed<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Friday, December 29- <em>open 4-7 for\u00a0 wine tasting and bread pickup<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, December 30- <em>open 2-6<\/em> <em>for wine tasting as usual<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sunday, December 31-\u00a0<em>12th annual East Coast New Year&#8217;s Eve Party 7-9 pm (see below)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">We wish all of you a Wonderful Christmas Holiday, and look forward to seeing you New Year&#8217;s weekend!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12th annual East Coast New Year&#8217;s Eve Party!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-opt-id=2028060133  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:824\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dscn1083-Modified.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"274\" \/>As the Fortunate Few well know, our annual \u201cEast Coast New Year\u2019s Eve Party\u201d is a Hallowed Tradition. From 7-9pm on New Year\u2019s Eve <em>we<\/em> provide the wine, <em>you<\/em> bring Something Delicious to share, and when the ball drops in Times Square three hours away, we all hoist our glasses and <em>toast the New Year!<\/em> The Young at Heart move on to their next party, and we Old Timers can get to bed at a decent hour! We welcome this annual opportunity to Thank all of you for your support this year, and to toast ahead to even more fun in <em>aught-eighteen<\/em>. <em>Arrrr, lads and lassies, ye best mark yer calendars now \u2018n\u2019 start plannin&#8217; yer Finger Foods!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Important Note!<\/strong><\/span> Speaking of Finger Food, we will again this year have a Secret Operative sampling the dishes and Assigning Points! <\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Yummiest Dish<\/em><\/strong> wins a <em>$25 credit,<\/em> <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Yummiest-Looking Dish<\/strong><\/em> wins a <em>$15-dollar credit!<\/em><\/span> Let\u2019s see if Competition really does improve Quality!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Wine Club News<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=415508875  decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIFjwKZ7TLMN1S-U7vepKfe4eGWZ66Qfo87hN2m4GYq9tLZF8U\" width=\"136\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These days most of you are Wine Club members, and already buy our wines tax-free <em>(8.7% discount over our Usual Low Prices!),<\/em> as well as paying only $5 for our five-wine tasting flight <em>(a $20-$30 value in your average restaurant)<\/em>, compared to $10 for non-members. This is a Reminder that<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <em>all Wine Club memberships expire at the end of each calendar year! <\/em><\/span>In order to keep enjoying Membership Savings through 2018 you must renew your membership. Also, the rising costs of wine demand that in order to continue our Generous Pours, we are raising the wine club membership fee for 2018 from $35 to $50 to close the Gap a bit on our expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The Good News is that to make all of this more Palatable, if you are a current wine club member and <em>buy any mixed case of wine before December 31,<\/em> you can renew your membership for 2018 for the old rate of $35. Think about it! And while you&#8217;re at it, Consider that we have just Replenished our Stock of Theo&#8217;s Chocolate, including delicious bars, Almond Butter Cups, and Chocolate Coconut Clusters!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mar a Lago Update: Trickle-Down 4.0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_20160719_143417564_HDR-e1484277470561.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1642937731  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:294\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_20160719_143417564_HDR-e1484277470561.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20294%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22294%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22294%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a>When it comes right down to it, Republicans have only ever had Three Goals: Making the Rich richer; Convincing Themselves that Being Rich is their Birthright; and Convincing the Masses that They are in Danger and Only Republicans can Save Them. But since most people are Not rich, the challenge has always been about selling Point #3 while Dissembling about Points #1 and #2. Back in the 50&#8217;s there was a weekly TV series called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dBv904ufzDs\"> <em>&#8220;Racket Squad,&#8221;<\/em><\/a> about Con Men (and Women) who could<em> &#8220;Pat you on the Back with one hand while Picking your Pocket with the other&#8221; <\/em>(as the old narrative explained before each episode). <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So this week after Years in the Making, Republikaners managed to pass the latest version of the same Trickle-Down, Supply-Side <em>(&#8220;Build it in the 3rd World, they will Buy it in America&#8221;)<\/em>, Economics that didn&#8217;t work for Reagan, didn&#8217;t work for Bushes I or II, and will not work now.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years ago these same policies led to what Bush Treasury Secretary Ben Bernanke recently <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/27\/news\/economy\/ben-bernanke-great-depression\/index.html\">called<\/a> &#8220;the worst financial crisis in global history,&#8221; which unfolded on his watch under W, who handed it all off to Obama on his first day in office. I mean, really, can you Imagine stepping into <em>That<\/em>? As you all recall, unemployment went above 10%, much higher for some communities. Peoples&#8217; savings disappeared by the <em>Trillions<\/em>. Banks threw millions of people out of their homes to pad their Bottom Lines. The financial industry caused the crisis and then found ways to Skim Profit and Trickle Down Catastrophic Losses to Ordinary People. Bernanke ( then in the Obama Cabinet)\u00a0 followed the Keynesian wisdom to use government spending and tax cuts to stimulate demand for products and services, which in turn increased the demand for investment and labor. Given the size of the Hole the entire world economy was in, those policies worked slowly but effectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, those are NOT the fiscal policies to use when the economy is already running at close to the nearly full employment we have crawled back to over the last 8 years. In our current situation, most economists predict that stimulating demand with tax cuts to the middle class will only push prices up, that cutting taxes will only increase deficits, and that cutting taxes for corporations will translate only into higher dividends for stockholders and higher executive salaries, not Bold New Investments in American Infrastructure. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This week&#8217;s wine tasting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruffino Prosecco\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Italy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $13<\/strong><br \/>\nCrisp, clean and delicate with fine bubbles; fragrant and intensely fruity with clean notes of apples, pears and citrus with hints of hawthorn, wisteria and elder.\u00a0 Pleasant aftertaste of apples and peaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruffino Rose Prosecco\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Italy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $13<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>E<\/em><em><span class=\"st\">legant and stylish Italian sparkling wine made primarily from the Glera grape, blended with Pinot Noir. The Glera grape gives the wine structure and body, and the Pinot Noir provides the wine with a beautiful rose hue. Its extra-dry style makes it easy to enjoy.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corte Gordoni La Fontane Bardolino \u201912\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Italy\u00a0 $14<\/strong><em><br \/>\n60% Corvina for structure, weight and a sour-cherry aroma<strong>;<\/strong> 30% Rondinella for fresh, herb flavor in a polished, beautifully scented and silky wine with pure red-berry flavors and a mildly spicy finish. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Castano Solanera Vinas Viejas &#8217;13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spain\u00a0\u00a0 92pts\u00a0\u00a0 $14<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Monastrell, Cab, Grenache from high-elevation limestone soils; dense purple color, a big sweet kiss of blueberry and blackberry fruit mixed with crushed chalk, full-bodied mouthfeel, beautiful purity, density and richness with lavish fruit.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chateau la Croisille \u2018Silice\u2019 Malbec \u201d15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 France\u00a0\u00a0 $19<\/strong><em><br \/>\nPlots located on the Luzech limestone plateau, more precisely on terroirs made of iron-rich siliceous red clays, aged one year in neutral oak, yielding a wine that is both rustic and polished.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(note: some photos will enlarge when clicked) Christmas Breads Cranberry Walnut Braid &#8211; A yeast bread enriched with buttermilk, eggs, sugar, butter and lemon. Then stuffed full of dried cranberries and toasted walnuts. This bread has a soft, tender crumb and is bursting with flavor, a great addition to your Christmas table -or Christmas morning [&hellip;]<\/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-7546","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\/7546","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=7546"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7559,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7546\/revisions\/7559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}