More and more women are successfully taking control of wineries around the world. Such is the case at Domaine du Cayron. The difference, as our wine scribe Jim Walker discovered, is that this stellar Gigondas producer of the Southern Rhône is operated by three sisters – Delphine, Cendrine and Roseline Faraud.
Continue reading “THE FARAUD SISTERS AND THEIR GORGEOUS GIGONDAS”
One meets many interesting characters during the course of one’s endeavours. Such is certainly the case in the wine industry where rugged individualists battle the vagaries of nature and markets in order to survive. Our wine scribe Jim Walker has had the privilege to meet up with many of these folks as he has navigated the wild, wacky and wonderful world of wine. One of the most memorable was Jérôme Caillé of Château Robin.
Continue reading “MEET JÉROME FROM CHÂTEAU ROBIN”
Many strange things have occurred in the land of the Cathars, even in recent times. Something very odd happened to a shipment of wine that was produced there and wound up at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. And, what became of the nice lady who made that wine? Our wine scribe Jim Walker tells us all about the unusual goings on at Domaine l’Aiguelière in the heart of the Languedoc wine region of southern France. Continue reading “MYSTERIES IN THE LANGUEDOC”
How nice to have memories of freer and more pleasant times in this covid-19 era. Thursday March 8, 2007, was just such an occasion for our wine scribe, Jim Walker and his wife Hélène Buisson. The fact that it was spent in Burgundy wine country certainly didn’t hurt.
In last month’s episode, our wine scribe Jim Walker told us about the first Burgundian winery that he represented in Ontario. In this, his 50th blog for Gentleman’s Portion, he tells about two more and how all three became inextricably linked. Continue reading “BURGUNDY – HOW COINCIDENTAL!”
Like many tipplers, our wine scribe Jim Walker has long adored the wines of Burgundy. But, when he began his wine importing business, he never imagined that one day he might represent a winery from that storied land of Bacchus. Yet, as improbable as it might seem, he eventually had not one but three Burgundy producers in his vinous stable. This is a story about one of them. Continue reading “A BURGUNDY GAMBAL”
Our wine scribe Jim Walker along with his wife and partner in vinous pursuits, Hélène Buisson, had been visiting Provence and enjoying its Southern Rhône nectars for years. But little did he know that lurking just around the corner from their base in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence was a little-known wine region that held a veritable trove of tasty treasures. Read on to learn about this secret source of remarkable wines. Continue reading “CAVORTING IN COSTIÈRES DE NÎMES”
Ever in search of new elixirs to tantalize the taste buds of his wine club members, our wine scribbler Jim Walker and his wife Hélène Buisson journeyed to the Alsace wine region of eastern France where they found what they were looking for, and much more. Continue reading “AH! ALSACE”
As many of you know, our wine scribe Jim Walker operates Arthur’s Cellar Wine Club and imports wine from France’s southern Rhône region into Ontario. He, along with his wife and vinous partner Hélène, journey regularly to southern France to assess recent vintages and maintain relationships with their vintners. Here Jim chronicles the latest visit to their beloved Provence.
Continue reading “SUSSING OUT THE SUCCULENT SOUTHERN RHÔNES”
It was the final day of our wine scribe Jim Walker’s 1988 weeklong assault on the storied wineries of Bordeaux. That morning he and his thirsty band of imbibers had visited three storied chateaux. Read on to find out about the apt conclusion to their seven day bacchanalia.
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