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New Italian releases 2026 – the north
Walter sifts through months of tastings to highlight the most exciting new wines from Italy’s northern regions. Come back tomorrow for highlights from central and southern Italy. For tasting notes...
Walter Speller
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Walter presents the standouts from hundreds of bottles tasted over the first half of this year, reporting here on those...
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There's more to Gavi than you might think. Above, the vineyards of La Raia, a biodynamic estate that produced one...
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The third in the series, following similar guides to collecting bordeaux and wines from the rest of France. A shorter...
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Some impressions from a memorable visit, also described in Drinking in Piemonte – wines and vintages 2011–2023 and The Barolofication...
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What happened when an Italophobe was dragged to Piemonte. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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Tasting notes on 94 wines tasted in the Langhe hills last November, complemented by contemporary assessments of the last 13...
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Walter reports on a slew of wines he has tasted recently, starting in the north of the country today and...
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Following on from yesterday's sneak preview of the vintage, Walter reviews 53 Barolo 2020s as well as some late releases...
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Your new go-to reference for Italian wine, plus a close look at Piemonte and a grape-forward look at Italy's ever-changing...
Nick on restaurants
A follow-up to last week’s Eating in the Langhe.
I don’t want to rub it in but our four recent...
Nick on restaurants
The hills of Barolo and Barbaresco are always welcoming, but never more so than in white-truffle season. See also Still...
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A vertical tasting extending back to 1958 highlighted the exceptional work of Angelo Gaja in Piemonte and beyond. Above, Gaia...
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Highlights and insights from an early tasting of 2020 Barolo and 2021 Barbaresco. Above, Ciabot Berton's striking new labels.
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For today's 2023 wine writing competition entry, Italian wine aficionado Barbara Fitzgerald writes about Claudia Cigliuti, a Piemontese winegrower. See...
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Six months after his initial report at the start of the year, having tasting many more wines, Walter appraises the...
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Walter reviews more than 150 wines from this sought-after vintage, in addition to those tasted back in January. Castiglione Falletto...
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