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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
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also my tasting notes from Brunello Night 2...
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See my overview Brunello 2012 – majesty without mass. Our second Brunello Night at Caravan King's Cross in London seems...
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About 100 Brunello fans braved torrential rain to attend our second Brunello Night at Caravan King's Cross (and third overall...
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24 March Sherry Night on 23 April is now also SOLD OUT. If you would like to go on the...
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We thought that those Purple Pagers wondering whether to take advantage of our earlybird ticket offer for Brunello Night in...
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The first rumours of an imminent sale of Biondi Santi emerged just before Vinitaly when on 9 April Il Sole...
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Looking back at the 2012 vintage in Italy I wouldn’t immediately declare this hot and very small vintage, the smallest...
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Being able to show a flight of 11 consecutive vintages of Brunello in a region with so many newcomers and...
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After the presentation of the distinctly light 2014 Chianti Classicos in Florence last February it was Montalcino’s turn to demonstrate...
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From $19.99, €15, 155 Danish krone, 24.50 Swiss francs, AU$67.80, £23.70 Find this wine Many a road has led to...
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I hereby share with you a collection of tasting notes on (generally unrelated) wines from Montalcino tasted recently. They served...
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You may not have heard of Orcia, a fairly recent Tuscan denomination squeezed in between Montalcino to the west and...
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This is the first in a series of regular news updates on goings-on in Italian wine. Alice Feiring engaged as...
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This is the third of three detailed reports from recent tastings in Montalcino. See also Walter on Brunello 2011 and...
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See also Walter's detailed analysis of the 2011 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino published yesterday. On Monday he reports on...
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Walter recently tasted his way through the 2011 Brunellos, the 2010 Brunello Riservas and many a cask sample of 2015...
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