Tasting articles Brunello 2015 Selezione – tasting notes The second half of Walter's report on the just-released vintage of Brunello... 12 Feb 2020 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Brunello 2015 normale – tasting notes Walter's tasting notes on well over 100 regular bottlings of the latest... 11 Feb 2020 Walter Speller
Inside information In praise of sweetness, and Orvieto There's nothing whatever wrong with a tiny bit of well-balanced residual sugar... 5 Feb 2020 Walter Speller
Free for all Come down from the mountain, Valtellina We'd love to see more of these wines on export markets. A... 1 Feb 2020 Jancis Robinson
Don't quote me Postmodern Italy – in search of genuine wine Walter, an ex art history student, muses on the current, fluid state... 21 Jan 2020 Walter Speller
Free for all Carlo Ferrini – Mr Merlot becomes Sr Eleganza A change of heart and a change of style chronicled. A slightly... 11 Jan 2020 Jancis Robinson
Inside information Barolo's 2019 growing season Reports from around the region. Is it as good as 2016? Seen... 10 Jan 2020 Walter Speller
Don't quote me Italy’s Native Wine Grape Terroirs – book review Tam finds some duplication... See this guide to our book reviews. Italy’s... 23 Dec 2019 Tamlyn Currin
Inside information Barolo 2016 – the path to stylistic change The 2016 vintage is game-changing. You'll want to buy some, and you... 10 Dec 2019 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Barolo 2016 – the tasting notes Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the snowy Langhe recently and... 10 Dec 2019 Walter Speller
Inside information Valtellina report 2019 – part 2 Two-thousand-year-old alpine viticulture on impossibly steep slopes starring primus inter pares Nebbiolo... 25 Nov 2019 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Valtellina report 2019 – part 1 Walter calls this 'a concise history of more than 2,000 years of... 18 Nov 2019 Walter Speller
Free for all Valtellina Night tickets on sale 25 November 2019 To find out more, see Valtellina report - part... 7 Nov 2019 Walter Speller
Tasting articles An English egg man in Tuscany Robin Baum, a retired lawyer looking even more like the classic Englishman... 7 Nov 2019 Walter Speller
Inside information Cirò – the future After his survey of the history of this southern Italian wine, Walter... 22 Oct 2019 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Cirò – the tasting notes This collection of 41 tasting notes complements Cirò – the past and... 22 Oct 2019 Walter Speller
