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Recovering Marsala's history – without the British
Perpetuo, Ambrato, Altogrado – these ancient styles offer Marsala a way to reclaim its identity as one of Sicily’s vinous treasures. Above, Francesco Intorcia in the Intorcia Heritage cellar. A...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 13 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
Walter Speller
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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See Etna – winemakers' honeypot for my introduction to this tasting. Contrade dell’Etna, the annual presentation of embryonic Etna wines...
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During the last few years I have been rather a lone voice raving about the tiny DOCs of Mamertino and...
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€6.98, £7.95, 11.50 Swiss francs, 2,592 yen Find this wine You don’t often come across wines whose price seems genuinely...
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Beautiful Marche has it all: a breathtaking coastline on the Adriatic; tranquil green hills where vineyards are not the dominant...
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We all know that white wines made from the blessed Riesling grape can age superbly and that, pace premature oxidation...
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Silvana Ballotta runs Business Strategies, an Italian company that specialises in helping Italian wine producers access the funds available in...
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See this guide to our assemblages.
Jancis writes This article feels as though it was put together by mice while...
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See this guide to our assemblages. This is a collection of assorted tasting notes from our team, including a relatively...
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From €16, $33.99, £23.50 Find this wine Deeply depressed by yesterday's vote to leave the EU, I am determined to...
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From €7.95, $11.99, NZ$19.99, £10.95 Find the Pieropan, Calvarino 2014 mentioned en passant in this article Find the Fattori, Runcaris...
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Walter attended this year's presentation of the latest vintages of Barolo and Barbaresco in Alba recently and, as far as...
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This the second half of a collection of tasting notes that don't fit into one of Walter's thematic articles. See...
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This is the first of two collections of tasting notes that don't fit in to my themed reports, focusing on...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The mainstream press love a wine spat...
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7 Apr 2016 In a week in which we published Walter's Chianti Classico's unsung bargains and today's Chianti Classico Riserva's...
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Italy’s love of French vine varieties is indisputable. Even if there is a distinct cooling of interest in the international...
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