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Brunello 2021 – the single-vineyard and selezione wines
The wines Brunello producers are most proud of from the 2021 vintage, assessed. See also Walter’s overview of the vintage and reviews of the Brunello Classicos. Ripe grapes in San...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 2 December 2025
• 2 min read
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Brunello 2021 – the estate wines
Walter Speller
Monday 1 December 2025
• 9 min read
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Brunello vintage 2021 – new reference points for Montalcino
Walter Speller
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Italy has more than 4,000 ha (nearly 10,000 acres) of Sauvignon Blanc but is still in doubt about what its...
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Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...
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Castello di Cigognola is raising the bar for Lombardy's Oltrepò Pavese region in no uncertain manner. Agronomist Marco Cordani is...
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Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...
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A new generation is using historical knowledge of where the best grapes grow to map Montalcino piece by piece. Walter...
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23 June 2022 Our dive into the archives this week produces an ideal companion piece to today's tasting article.
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It's time to allow irrigation – if only there were any water. The continuing drought in large parts of northern...
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In response to this request on our Members’ forum, Walter tracked down one of Barolo’s hidden heroes.
In my search...
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Two travel series, superficially similar, reviewed.
One of the unexpected upsides of the 2020 lockdown was watching Stanley Tucci making...
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We enjoyed a superb Italian meal and chose from possibly London's best Italian wine list.
Twenty years ago, Giorgio Locatelli...
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Expensive wines from most unusual winemakers. Frank Cornelissen above with his famous Magma wines.
What is it about Raeburn Fine...
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Is Italy's best 2016 Sicilian?
Last February I asked Ivo Basile, Tasca d'Almerita's marketing director, if he could send me...
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This year’s Chianti Classico Riserva and Gran Selezione releases, and the new subzone proposal, assessed. See also part 1 of...
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Good news! 2018/19/20 are looking like a trio of great vintages. See also part 2 on this year's Riserva and...
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A supplement to Walter's latest collection of Italian current releases – the north and the rest.
Jancis writes Walter has...
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Walter alerts us to the recent creation of the delle Venezie DOC, Europe’s largest, and the benefits that have accrued...
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