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Barbaresco 2022 – a waiting game
A tannic vintage produced some lovely surprises and shows how far growers have come in dealing with summer heat. Albino Rocca (some of whose vineyards are pictured above) produced a...
Walter Speller
Wednesday 20 August 2025
• 6 min read
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2021 Barolo and 2022 Barbaresco – an early look
Walter Speller
Tuesday 12 November 2024
• 5 min read
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Walter's view from Tre Stelle towards Barbaresco and with the crus of Martinenga and Rabajà in the distance illustrates this...
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Snap these up, says Walter. Italy's finest co-op wines?
Produttori del Barbaresco is not only one of Italy’s most admired...
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Walter goes out on a limb that could be extremely exciting for Barolo's neighbour.
With the 2016 vintage, Barbaresco has...
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Another look at 2015 Barolo, and Brunello di Montalcino from the notorious 2014 vintage, to add to Walter's Barolo report...
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My trip to Barbaresco to taste the new 2015 vintage last month was dominated by one topic only: rain. For...
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Bruno Giacosa, one of Italy’s most admired winemakers, died a week last Sunday at the age of 88. Famous for...
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The 2014 vintage in Piemonte is much discussed, not least because of the terribly wet, gloomy start to the growing...
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Please see details of our next London tasting, on Saturday 2 December, in aid of those most affected by the...
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See also Jancis's tasting notes.
Last Sunday night we held our eighth London wine tasting event at Caravan King's Cross...
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25 May In the light of the lukewarm consumer response to the 2016 Bordeaux en primeur campaign reported today in...
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Walter has a unique inside track on the latest releases from Barbaresco, a total of 140 2014s and 2012 Riservas...
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See this guide to our recent coverage of Barolo and Barbaresco.
The final morning of this year’s Nebbiolo Prima was...
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This is the first of three tasting reports from this year's Nebbiolo Prima. As far as we know, Walter's are...
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Justerini and Brooks’s Barolo tasting has become an annual fixture on the London tasting calendar, and a clear sign that...
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The underlying theme of the Nebbiolo Prima wine tastings (see our guide) in Alba last May showcasing Roero, Barbaresco and...
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Tasting some 479 embryonic Nebbiolos (see Nebbiolo Prima – the guide) during this year’s en primeur of Roero, Barbaresco and...
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