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Chianti Classico 2022 – Riserva v Gran Selezione
Pleasant surprises from a torrid year. Above, Alessandro Campatelli, director and oenologist (and now owner) at Riecine, made a 2022 Gran Selezione particularly admired by Walter (© Riecine). As promised...
Walter Speller
• 3 min read
Wine news in 5
Brutal weather threatens vineyards, Chianti rosé, latest global wine stats
Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in, I’d like to congratulate Jancis for taking #2 in Drinks...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
• 1 min read
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Last Thursday Luciano Sandrone of the eponymous Barolo estate died at the age of 76. Above he is flanked by...
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Walter takes us south to see what he has been tasting. See also yesterday’s review of new releases from the...
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Walter takes us on a tour of what he has been tasting in northern Italy. Tomorrow he takes us south...
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Walter guides us through this challenging vintage. See also Brunello 2018 – enjoy this style while you can.
While tasting...
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Fine examples of the Veneto's routinely ignored refreshing ruby of a wine.
From €9.10, CA$21, $16.99, £17.95, AU$37.99
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2018 may not be a vintage for laying down, but its freshness may well be wistfully remembered in years to...
Nick on restaurants
Enthusiastic suggestions for each of these three very different locations, from both Nick and Walter. Above, the interior of Sucre...
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A first look at Brunello di Montalcino 2018 and Barolo 2019, as well as some white gems.
This year’s Vinexus...
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Why have one oenologist when you can have six? Daniele Cernilli, on the left above in the photo by DoctorWine...
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And which is by far the best value…? Clue: the Guerrieri Gonzaga family above.
Purple Pagers may remember a particularly...
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Walter digs deep into the latest acquisition by Tuscany's oldest wine dynasty. Last year the Frescobaldi empire, already sizeable with...
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The man who turned Suffolk brewer Adnams into a dazzling wine merchant remembers his travels with the late Nicolas Belfrage...
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Italy has its own rich repository of old vines and we begin Old Vine Week by reporting, as with so...
Don't quote me
6 October We’re republishing this free today, to coincide with Tam’s tasting article that includes ‘one of the most delicious...
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A truly fine organic Verdicchio that successfully walks a natural tightrope.
From €14.50, $19.99 (2020), £22
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A very small-scale look at a big subject this week. See this guide to our extensive coverage of old vines...
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