• CE N’ÉTAIT PAS LE SOLEX DE L’AUSTRALIEN

    par | Juil 20, 2009

    By LINCOLN SILIAKUS

    No, not mine!
    I have never parked my own Solex in such a compromising place…
    Mind you, Solex had rolled into Sablet on 20 June after 6 weeks on the road, and less than a month later my first book about my 6-week adventure from Chablis to Sablet has hit the streets.  My very well behaved Solex was parked in the middle of Sablet, as I released the first version of my book about the trip. It has short vignettes (bilingual) about each of the vintners I met and a good photo of each.

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    On Saturday 18 I had hoped that the tents would not blow over as it was mistral time (the wind which roars down the Rhône valley when it is sunny down here and lousy further north).

    My publisher, the inimitable Jean-Francois Mouriot, was struggling in traffic jams on the A7 north of Orange. As soon as he arrived, we unpacked the books and I started signing.

    Thousands of avid readers descended on Sablet to grab our books and listen to our brilliant talks. The winery gardens resounded with the erudition of writers as they expounded on their ideas.

    The book sold honourably over the weekend.  Better still, I received a price : the inaugural French wine tourism award from the web magazine Winetourisminfrance.com.

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    Lincoln Siliakus « Visages de Terroir, Portraits of Terroir : De Chablis à Sablet à Solex, un avant goût du « Bonheur est dans le nez » » (Editions du Banc d’Arguin) was launched this weekend at the annual Sablet book fair, the Journées du Livre de Sablet.

    For more information about the launch, and about the prize: http://vinesolex.over-blog.com/

  • TASTING 2007 BOUCHARD AND WILLIAM FÈVRE AT THE RCYC

    par | Mai 20, 2009

    By DEAN TUDOR

    The Time and Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11AM to 4 PM.
    The Event: Tasting of Bouchard Pere et Fils and William Fevre 2007 Burgundy and Chablis wines, presented by Woodman Wines & Spirits.
    The Venue: Royal Canadian Yacht Club (City Club House, below), St. George St., Toronto.
    The Target Audience: wine trade, media.
    The Availability/Catalogue: everything is available, mostly by special order.
    The Quote/Background: Of the 74 wines in the portfolio, we were able to taste 40 of them. Luc Bouchard was available for interviews and discussions. Of note was the exceptionally early picking date of late August. (suite…)

  • LINCOLN EN SOLEX DE CHABLIS À SABLET

    par | Avr 28, 2009

    DANIEL J. BERGER
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    Pour approfondir sa connaissance des terroirs de France, Lincoln Siliakus va du 11 mai au 19 juin prochains, parcourir le vignoble en Solex (pas noir, rouge) depuis Chablis, la Bourgogne, le Mâconnais, en passant par le Beaujolais et la vallée du Rhône du nord au sud jusqu’à Sablet, où il possède une maison.

    Lincoln part rencontrer des viticulteurs de tout type — traditionnels, radicaux, artistes, mythiques — pour comprendre leur passion, leur notion du terroir et leur approche de vigneron. Pendant la durée de son voyage, il postera ses billets sur son blog vinesolex et sur mtonvin.net. Il fera partager ses découvertes sous forme de vignettes dans un livre d’interviews et de photos. L’ouvrage sera présenté aux Journées du Livre de Sablet, les 18 et 19 juillet 2009 (120 écrivains présents). Une version en anglais est prévue à l’intention des amateurs étrangers, avec un volet didactique sur les terroirs.

    « The debate about France’s terroir twists and turns more than the backroads running through it.  I will try to get to the bottom of the issue by riding on a 1960s-era Solex from Chablis in the North to Sablet in the South Rhône valley, talking to winemakers and soaking in the feeling of their vineyards.  I also hope to discover that the road less travelled does make all the difference and that you don’t have to be a millionaire or a wine geek to enjoy great wines.

    It should not be too hard.  Most French winemakers are philosophers or want to be, and love a yarn.  And I plan to meet all types: the conventionals, radicals, artists, peasants and myths.
    The trip will take me, at no more than 20km per hour, through Chablis, Burgundy, the Mâconnais area, Beaujolais and the Rhone valley.  Names like Vosne-Romanée, Corton, Condrieu, Cote Rôtie and Châteauneuf-du-Pape spring to mind. »

    Linc on vinosolex