James Finkel

The Golden Vines® & Gérard Basset Foundation Ambassador, USA

James (“Jim”) Finkel is a US-based senior financial advisor to The Golden Vines®, and longstanding supporter of the Gérard Basset Foundation. Jim began his wine journey 40 years ago, interning at a Parisian wine shop, and has been the co-founder of the Tasting Room restaurant in New York, the Chairman of the Wine Committee at the University Club of New York, and has sponsored/hosted charity wine dinners for a variety of causes. He is the Treasurer of Friends of Musique et Vin au Clos Vougeot and is on the Board of the French-American Foundation as well as The American Friends of the Cite du Vin in Bordeaux.