Nebbiolo

Tasting articles Too many wines are ready to drink, and the variation is scary. See yesterday's article on Barbaresco 2018 and Walter's...

Tasting articles Perhaps not the most complex vintage, nor the most long-lived, but there is plenty to enjoy. Walter's picture of one...

Inside information Walter reports on the most recent vintage in Piemonte's hot spot, and official attempts to save the market for Barolo...

Tasting articles 25 March 2021 Two wines from Diego Conterno now added to the tasting notes below. 16 December 2020 Walter was...

Inside information Walter takes us on a tour of the Langhe growers’ climate-change toolbox and exclusively helps us to master an excessively...

Tasting articles Walter's view from Tre Stelle towards Barbaresco and with the crus of Martinenga and Rabajà in the distance illustrates this...

Tasting articles When he first tasted Barolo 2016s late last year, Walter was excited. His second major tasting, conducted in strictest socially...

Inside information Stuck in a red-wine rut? Richard offers many a solution. Despite wine’s infinite variation, it’s easy for us to become...

Free for all We'd love to see more of these wines on export markets. A slightly shorter version of this article is published...

Tasting articles Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the snowy Langhe recently and took this picture of the alps in Verduno...

Inside information The 2016 vintage is game-changing. You'll want to buy some, and you can hardly go wrong. When I reread my...

Inside information Two-thousand-year-old alpine viticulture on impossibly steep slopes starring primus inter pares Nebbiolo, Valtellina is surely bound to become Italy’s next...

Tasting articles Walter calls this 'a concise history of more than 2,000 years of wine production' in this spectacular alpine setting. It...

Free for all 25 November 2019 To find out more, see Valtellina report - part 1 for a history of the region and...

Tasting articles Walter revisits Barolo 2015 in May 2019, five months after his initial impressions. The 2015 Barolo vintage that I tasted...

Tasting articles One of Italy's most sought-after wine regions is, tantalisingly, yet to reach its full potential. April saw the presentation of...