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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
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Two-thousand-year-old alpine viticulture on impossibly steep slopes starring primus inter pares Nebbiolo, Valtellina is surely bound to become Italy’s next...
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Walter calls this 'a concise history of more than 2,000 years of wine production' in this spectacular alpine setting. It...
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25 November 2019 To find out more, see Valtellina report - part 1 for a history of the region and...
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Robin Baum, a retired lawyer looking even more like the classic Englishman against the backdrop of Tuscany, his current stomping...
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After his survey of the history of this southern Italian wine, Walter looks at what is being done to assure...
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This collection of 41 tasting notes complements Cirò – the past and Cirò – the future.
Notes from a flight...
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A southern Tuscan bargain for your delectation – practically wherever you are.
From €12.90, 15.50 Swiss francs, £14.99, CA$25.25, 2,330...
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For the first of three reports, Walter ventures to the far south of Italy. Twice. See also Cirò – the...
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Some reluctant recommendations from Walter, who also contributes this picture of an enoteca in Padua (where he lives) offering 'a...
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Walter wrestles with the concept of good-value Italian wines in this stream of consciousness, and eventually overcomes his Cabernet-phobia at...
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A clutch of vertical tastings of some special Italian wines, including a Sardinian rarity and a special Vin Santo.
Tim...
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Walter comments, reluctantly, on this year's vintage in Italy.
Later that same day The first official estimates for the total...
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For this penultimate published entry in our wine writing competition, Lorenza Pravato provides the inside track on where to go...
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A Soave most definitely worth seeking out.
From €15.21, 18.31 Swiss francs, $19.99, £16.68
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The Gini family...
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It's time to welcome Soave back into the fine-wine fold.
Soave , as Walter’s Oxford Companion to Wine entry well...
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Mainly Italians plus some tip-top champagnes.
The group of smart London wine shops known as Jeroboams, supplied and owned by...
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