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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...
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Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi in Panzano reports on the last two vintages in Chianti Classico – and gives his...
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After the comments made by Franco Soldera in one of Italy's most important newspapers, Corriere della Sera, on 26 March...
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Another titbit for those entirely uninterested in Bordeaux.... While Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in general seems a little inert of...
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For anyone in Montalcino fearing a dull Easter, Gianfranco Soldera of Case Basse (pictured here by Jon Wyand) had a...
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Just before the annual Tuscan en primeur tastings (on which I will report in detail later this week) last February...
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See also Walter’s 150 latest Chianti Classico tasting notes.
During this year’s presentation of the new Chianti Classico vintages in...
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Last month I took part in the Concorso Enologico Internazionale, or International Wine Competition in Verona, set up and run...
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Here beginneth a whole week devoted to one Italian wine. Verdicchio. You've heard the name before? No, not ringing any...
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Very hot, very dry, and very little – and prices are up. Although Italy has been buzzing with opinions and...
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The rival, royal warrant-holding wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd and Justerini & Brooks face each other across London’s St...
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David Gleave MW, UK wine importer specialising in Italy and Australia with a keen appreciation of the virtues of screwcaps...
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We present reviews of about 200 of the finest wines about which Walter, most unusually for tastings in London, finds...
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I have always been intrigued by Batàr, a white wine produced from Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay bang in the middle...
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'Fabrizio and Laura Bianchi are glad to invite you to the vertical tasting of Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio', read...
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I find it difficult to think of any wine anywhere that has changed as little over the last 30 years...
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