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2020 Brunello Riserva – a worthwhile investment
If you appreciate wines that reflect vintage and terroir, the top 2020 Brunellos are well worth buying. Above, the Poggio di Sotto estate, which produced an outstanding Riserva in 2020...
Walter Speller
• 2 min read
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In her final diary entry from San Polino in Montalcino, Katia Nussbaum asks if we are willing to change. Click...
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In which Katia Nussbaum's son manages to track down face masks, everyone feels paranoid, and she and her husband meet...
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Katia Nussbaum's thoughts turn to photons as she and her family start a third week in lockdown at their San...
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A fight, and some better news in Italy. Katia Nussbaum continues her Tuscan wine producer's diary. Click on the Katia's...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum on hair dye, tying up young vines, keeping apart within one household and disappearing eggs in...
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In which things become even more personally worrying for Katia. For previous diary entries, click on the Katia's diary tag...
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Katia Nussbaum continues her daily diary under lockdown in Italy with some of her family at her Montalcino estate, San...
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More from Katia Nussbaum in Montalcino as she tries to navigate her way through lockdown. Click on the Katia's diary...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum continues her very personal diary during lockdown at her estate. See days 1 and 2 for...
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The second half of Walter's report on the just-released vintage of Brunello di Montalcino. See also his tasting notes on...
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Walter's tasting notes on well over 100 regular bottlings of the latest vintage of Brunello should be read in conjunction...
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Walter picks over what’s good and bad about this latest vintage. See his t asting notes on 127 regular bottles...
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A change of heart and a change of style chronicled. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by...
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Carlo Ferrini's own wines are light years from the ones that made his reputation as a winemaking consultant in Italy...
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EPI – by no means a glamorous name, but one to watch. A version of this article is published by...
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Some welcome Italian gems here, and a foretaste of the many more 2016 Barolos that Walter has just been tasting...
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