Our wine scribe Jim Walker and his long-suffering wife Hélène have developed a deep affection for southern France.
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BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Our wine correspondent Jim Walker and his wife Hélène Buisson recently visited Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France to bid a fond adieu to their vinous mentor and a couple of their vintners. You see, they had decided to wind down their participation in the wild, wacky and wonderful world of wine and they wanted to say goodbye to those who had made it all possible.
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You can rest assured that no matter where his travels take him, our wine scribe Jim Walker will make plenty of time to visit the top wineries in the area (assuming there are any). But perhaps the most unique of them all was the one that he and his young family called on many years ago. That winery’s claim to fame? At the time their red wine was the most expensive vin du table in the world!
THE FARAUD SISTERS AND THEIR GORGEOUS GIGONDAS
The town of Gigondas
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.
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BURGUNDY – HOW COINCIDENTAL!
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!”
EULOGY FOR A WINERY
A magnum of 2012 Palon Vacqueyras
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 to get to know some truly remarkable people. Such is the case with the Palon family, vintners in Gigondas. Continue reading “EULOGY FOR A WINERY”
A VINOUS MONTH IN PROVENCE
They made the ultimate sacrifice
A delicious month spent in Provence tasting wines from the splendid 2015 and 2016 Southern Rhône vintages: talk about being in wine wonderland!
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