From €10.40, £9.99, 53 zlotys and, erm, 1,390 roubles Find this wine There was a time when Piemontese Barbera was just a bit too much of a good thing,...

From €9, CHF16.90, £12.95, US$15.99, ¥ 2,310 Find this wine . Beppe Accomo's Bricco Maiolica 2007 Barbera d'Alba is a double-edged sword: fresh and lively enough to quench...

See many more Italian tasting notes and a look at where Tuscany is now later this week. This red just shouts Italy at the top of its voice: aromatic, fresh, with ripe cherry and brambly...

First a warning: I am about to seem appallingly idealistic and unrealistically romantic. People often ask me how on earth I can bear to write exclusively about a subject as narrow as wine....