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BY LANCE SPARKS
In the Grip of Loonies
Wrestling with bad politics, good wines
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SO DO WE.
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know I’m supposed to be writing
about wine, and, oddly enough, a lot of
people are interested in learning about
the various wines. I’ll get around to wine.
Promise. But these are ominous times, and
as a hedge against what I fear might be an
election that proves that super-rich oligarchs
can simply buy a democracy and loot the
public treasury with impunity, I’m trying to
prepare myself.
I’m trying to learn Republican. It ain’t
easy. The language is strange and the logic
is twisted.
The posturing, that I grasp — act defensive
even while attacking anyone who might fi nd
greed and selfi shness distasteful. And the
props are fairly simple — put a Bible in one
hand and a fl ag in the other (no real need
to read the fi rst or feel loyal to the second).
But I’ve been struggling for a week with
just the phrase “legitimate rape.” That’s a
tough one, though I’m sure it’s much tougher
for a woman who’s been raped, especially
if the woman fi nds herself pregnant with
the rapist’s spawn. With a strong, beautiful
wife, fi ve sisters, four daughters and a long
association with a whole host of competent,
intelligent women, I’m having a hard time
adopting Republican scorn for women and
their rights.
And that whole me-fi rst, neo-Ayn
Randian thing: “See that bridge? I built that,
not the guv’mint. Those soldiers, sailors,
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fl yers, police and fi refi ghters?
Never did nuthin’ for me. I
didn’t have teachers. Even my
parents didn’t help much. Oh,
sure, inheriting millions didn’t
hurt, but I did all the rest.” I guess
I don’t have much skill in acting like
a superman. I’ve read Atlas Shrugged. I
shrugged.
I’m also wrangling with the raging racist
fantasies of ultra-rightists like Judge Tom
Head of Lubbock, Texas, who foresees, if
Obama is re-elected, “Civil unrest, civil
disobedience, civil war, maybe,” followed by
United Nations “armored personnel carriers”
rolling through the streets, sent by Obama.
Day-um. Who knew the U.N. had APCs, or
that Obama controlled them? I wish I could
think that this particular Head is unique, but
I’m afraid Head’s dementia is symptomatic
of a broader malaise. And I just don’t get it.
Let’s be clear: I happen to know some
Republicans — decent people, sensible,
principled, not at all raving lunatics. They
don’t rant about the “guv’mint”; some
actually realize that America has thrived on
a mixed economy, a strong public sector and
a strong private sector. But these folks are, in
such parlous times, rather rare Republicans,
often uncomfortable with their own party,
daily more in the grip of the loony fringe.
I’ll keep working, practicing. Meanwhile,
wine:
I’ve decided that there will be good
weather and a bountiful harvest this year.
I’m going to make a lot of good
wine. But I’ve also found — all
by myself, with no help from
little people — some good
juice, ready to drink.
Take, for example, Witness
Tree 2009 Pinot Blanc ($15).
This is not rosé or ‘blush.’
The pinot blanc grape yields a
particularly versatile white wine, a
match to many foods. The Italians make
pinot bianco to match with seafood; the style
is often, as with the Witness Tree, clean,
crisp, with fl avors of green apple and Asian
pear, with acidity that’ll cut right through
creamy pastas.
Our neighbors have scored again:
Benton-Lane 2010 Pinot Gris ($16) is a
bright white, nicely balanced, with fl avors
that span from white peaches to ripe pears
to green apples and zesty citrus. The 2010 is
still on shelves, but the 2011 is no slouch.
Despite the taint of collectivism in
their efforts, I have allowed three young
winemakers to produce Guild 2009 Red
Wine, Columbia Valley ($13), a medium-
body, Rhone-style blend of syrah, grenache
and mourvedre that slides down nicely with
late-summer/early-autumn ’Q. Silky smooth,
well balanced and quite pleasant, it’s also
good value.
I’m not done, still learning: Send me your
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