Nebbiolo

Inside information Walter describes and explains the heterogeneity of these mostly early-drinking wines. His photo shows the view towards Barbaresco and Martinenga...

Free for all For today's 2023 wine writing competition entry, Italian wine aficionado Barbara Fitzgerald writes about Claudia Cigliuti, a Piemontese winegrower. See...

Inside information Six months after his initial report at the start of the year, having tasting many more wines, Walter appraises the...

Tasting articles Walter reviews more than 150 wines from this sought-after vintage, in addition to those tasted back in January. Castiglione Falletto...

Free for all An unusually comprehensive vertical tasting of a top Barolo explained. A version of this article is published by the Financial...

Tasting articles The most amazing Barolo vertical tasting took place recently in … London. Above, Jenny and Marco Marengo showing their wines...

Inside information Did the annus horribilis become an annus mirabilis ? Walter's photo taken last December pictures Barolo from La Morra. ‘An...

Tasting articles Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the Langhe recently and took this picture of the view towards Castiglione Falletto...

Inside information In the Langhe, classico , or classic, has become shorthand for ‘cool years’, which were the norm before the onset...

Tasting articles Dolcetto from some of Barolo's most coveted producers can still be had for a song, but will it succumb to...

Tasting articles Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...

Tasting articles Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...

Tasting articles In response to this request on our Members’ forum, Walter tracked down one of Barolo’s hidden heroes. In my search...

Free for all 2021 saw the passing of one of the wine world's unsung heroes. Arnica Rowan, seen above with him, was a...

Tasting articles Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...

Don't quote me Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...