Inside information Barolo's 2022 growing season Did the annus horribilis become an annus mirabilis? Walter's photo taken last... 8 Feb 2023 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Barolo 2019 – the tasting notes Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the Langhe recently and took... 13 Jan 2023 Walter Speller
Inside information Barolo 2019 – a classic in the making In the Langhe, classico, or classic, has become shorthand for ‘cool years’... 11 Jan 2023 Walter Speller
Free for all Luciano Sandrone 1947–2023 Last Thursday Luciano Sandrone of the eponymous Barolo estate died at the... 9 Jan 2023 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Vinexus anteprima 2022 A first look at Brunello di Montalcino 2018 and Barolo 2019, as... 2 Nov 2022 Jancis Robinson
Tasting articles Barolo 2018 – a final report Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 –... 20 Jul 2022 Walter Speller
Tasting articles The cult Barolo veteran In response to this request on our Members’ forum, Walter tracked down... 14 Jun 2022 Walter Speller
Inside information Barolo 2021 – frost, hail and drought Walter finds the mood in the Langhe hills surprisingly upbeat. He took... 13 Jan 2022 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Barolo 2018 – the tasting notes Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on... 16 Dec 2021 Walter Speller
Don't quote me Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what... 29 Nov 2021 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Vinexus anteprima 2021 Our annual preview of the vintages to come from the three big... 28 Oct 2021 Jancis Robinson
Free for all Barolo under the hammer for charity A first chance to buy 2020 Barolo – by the barrel. With... 12 Oct 2021 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Barolo 2017 – heralding climate change? Too many wines are ready to drink, and the variation is scary... 13 Jul 2021 Walter Speller
Free for all Follow-up frost report for Italy The bad news keeps on coming. Enea Barbieri's picture is of the... 13 Apr 2021 Walter Speller
Don't quote me Italian, Spanish and German vintages to drink now On Saturday we published Which red wine vintages to drink now but... 1 Feb 2021 Walter Speller Ferran Centelles Michael Schmidt
Inside information Barolo 2020 – grown in the time of COVID-19 Walter reports on the most recent vintage in Piemonte's hot spot, and... 14 Jan 2021 Walter Speller
