
Thirty-four years ago our wine scribe Jim Walker’s wife Hélène encouraged him to join her in Paris and then make a side trip to Burgundy. It turned out to be the best […]
Thirty-four years ago our wine scribe Jim Walker’s wife Hélène encouraged him to join her in Paris and then make a side trip to Burgundy. It turned out to be the best […]
Our wine correspondent Jim Walker chronicled his personal discovery of the Dordogne region of France and how he and a group of friends set out in search of the finest wines of […]
The Dordogne region of south-western France holds a treasure trove of things to see and do. As our wine correspondent Jim Walker notes, it is also home to some superb but, sadly, […]
Being in the wine business provides one with the opportunity to enjoy some very, very good bottles. But, as our wine correspondent Jim Walker reports, better still, it gives one the chance […]
Our wine correspondent Jim Walker’s wine cellar, like some rogue, mutant organism, had gotten completely out of control. It needed severe pruning. But, as he relates in this post, culling one’s wine […]
Our wine scribbler, Jim Walker and his wife Hélène have recently returned from a month in Provence, the last week of which they spent with friends at a castle in the Luberon. […]
Many years ago our wine scribe Jim Walker, inspired by Peter Mayle’s book A Year in Provence, decided to visit southern France and experience for himself what all the fuss was about. […]
What was it that drew our wine correspondent Jim Walker to the fabulous wines of Limoux? Was it the affable vineyard owners, the magnificence of the Pyrenees or, just possibly, an adorable […]
Our wine correspondent, Jim Walker, had searched high and low for a top notch Beaujolais to add to his stable of fine wines. He found one at last … but it came […]
Our wine scribe, Jim Walker, uncovered more than a long forgotten bottle when he plumbed the depths of his wine cellar.