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2020 Brunello Riserva – a worthwhile investment
If you appreciate wines that reflect vintage and terroir, the top 2020 Brunellos are well worth buying. Above, the Poggio di Sotto estate, which produced an outstanding Riserva in 2020...
Walter Speller
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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
• 3 min read
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This week watch out for tasting notes on some Marche wines with real longevity and 21 top Tuscans that seem...
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Luca Zaia, Italy's charismatic and controversial agricultural minister, has recently attracted a storm of protest after having expressed his dismay...
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With the new CMO (Common Market Organisation) for European wines now in place, Italy’s wine producers and growers' associations have...
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On this dark grey morning in London, I thought I'd import some strong rays of Italian sunshine via the following...
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The notes below are a snapshot comparison of three UK importers as viewed through their Italian wines. The selection was...
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Angelo Gaja of Italy predicts catastrophe and lobbies for a completely different approach to promoting Italian wine. It is generally...
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Much excitement has surrounded the 2004 Barolos, which is why we have seized all opportunities to taste them. You can...
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Italy does quite well for wine guides but some of them are pretty unwieldy. Gambero Rosso’s Italian wines, for example...
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Much has already been written about the consistently high quality of Barolo 2004. Not all the wines have been bottled...
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As promised on the forum (initially in this thread) here are my notes from a blind tasting of Piemontese reds...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Think of Italian wine and what...
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Over these few weeks we are publishing a series of articles on Italy, mainly notes on vertical tastings of wines...
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Federico Vincenzi kindly sends us this analysis of the Italian wines most garlanded in the following guides: - Duemilavini, Associazione...
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New DOCGs, Italy’s top category of wine quality, seem to be coming thick and relatively fast. Two new ones, Dolcetto...
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The annual Gambero Rosso guide Italian Wines has just announced this year’s list of its Tre Bicchiere (three glass) wines...
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The annual Gambero Rosso guide Italian Wines has just announced this year’s list of its Tre Bicchiere (three glass) wines...
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