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Brunello 2012 – a five-star dilemma
We thought that those Purple Pagers wondering whether to take advantage of our earlybird ticket offer for Brunello Night in London on 5 March deserved Walter's impressions from his earlybird...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 31 January 2017
• 11 min read
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Barbaresco 2011 and Barolo 2010 (redundant?) Riservas
See this guide to our recent coverage of Barolo and Barbaresco. The final morning of this year’s Nebbiolo Prima was devoted to the Riserva 2012 Barbarescos and the Riserva 2010...
Walter Speller
Thursday 9 June 2016
• 4 min read
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Brunello 2011 separates the wheat from the chaff
Walter Speller
Thursday 28 January 2016
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The wine that benefits the least from the annual Tuscany en primeur tastings is Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Compared with...
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Amarone’s worldwide sales success has reached such dimensions that the Consorzio della Valpolicella, the producer association of Valpolicella and Amarone...
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Walter continues his reports from Nebbiolo Prima 2014 in Alba with these 126 tasting notes on 2011 Barbaresco and Roero...
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Each February during the annual en primeur tastings organised throughout Tuscany, the organisers in Montalcino and Chianti Classico always prepare...
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See also Chianti Classico – no shortage of news.
Although the annual presentation of the Chianti Classico vintages – at...
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See also last week's report on the 2011 vintage in other European wine regions.
It is a sweltering early August...
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