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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
For background details on this vintage see Barolo 2022 – vintage report. Above, the Lazzarito vineyard with the Alps in the background. While the majority of wines reviewed here are...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
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A while ago one of our members asked us how many DOCGs Italy has. Although this seemed a simple question...
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And see my reviews of a number...
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Last month I finally made it to Gavi, the town of the eponymous wine in the province of Alessandria, 70...
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The season of Italian wine guides is upon us and, almost by tradition (or is it now the default position?)...
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Regular readers may have noticed that Amarone as a category has yet to convince me. The majority of the wines...
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See also last week's report on the 2011 vintage in other European wine regions.
It is a sweltering early August...
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Carla Capalbo, an American-born food and wine writer who was raised in London, is one of those very few professionals...
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The two most important Italian associations for 'natural wine' producers, Vini Veri and VinNatur, may well soon experience competition from...
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The 114 wines here were all tasted when I visited Puglia for the Radici del Sud wine competition reported on...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my reviews of 232 current...
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Below is a guide to this week's collection of Nebbiolo gems that Walter Speller, our Italian expert (captured in the...
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