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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
• 3 min read
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The first half of Walter's tasting notes, more than 170 of them in all, on a vintage that belies its...
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Keep the top wines and enjoy the surprising others soonish, says Walter. See his extremely comprehensive tasting notes in Brunello...
Wines of the week
Don't overlook simple Soave. Garganega, in the right hands, can be exciting, even at an entry-level price point.
From €9.21...
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Carbonic maceration gets a bad rap, light red wines are often treated like bubble-gum versions of the real thing, but...
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Time is running out for Alto Adige's signature variety, which may – just – be rescued in time by members...
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The producers of an extraordinary red wine in northern Italy have had to fight to keep it extraordinary.
In May...
Free for all
2021 saw the passing of one of the wine world's unsung heroes. Arnica Rowan, seen above with him, was a...
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Walter finds the mood in the Langhe hills surprisingly upbeat. He took this picture of Mauro Veglio of La Morra...
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Some great finds, in bottle and keg, from the UK's leading proponent of wine on tap. See also Tapping the...
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Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...
Wines of the week
Some fabulous wines from the foothills of the Dolomites.
Sgarzon 2020 from €28, £39, 69.50 Swiss francs
Find the Sgarzon...
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Sicily has been basking in the JR.com limelight in 2021, with no fewer than 10 (11, if you count this...
Book reviews
Two books look at a tiny corner of the north Adriatic from two very different perspectives.
Pignolo Cultivating the invisible...
Don't quote me
Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
Wines of the week
When is a dried wine sweet? When it's a passito…
Half-bottles from €22.95, 32 Swiss francs, 789 Czech koruna, CA$43...
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There's everything here from the cheapest and quite cheerful fizz (in the Other group below) to the most sumptuous of...
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