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Barbaresco 2022 – a waiting game
A tannic vintage produced some lovely surprises and shows how far growers have come in dealing with summer heat. Albino Rocca (some of whose vineyards are pictured above) produced a...
Walter Speller
Wednesday 20 August 2025
• 6 min read
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Barolo 2021 – an enigmatic vintage
Walter Speller
Wednesday 6 August 2025
• 11 min read
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WWC25 – The girl who played Ruchè, by Marisa Finetti
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Tuesday 15 July 2025
• 1 min read
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Last Thursday Luciano Sandrone of the eponymous Barolo estate died at the age of 76. Above he is flanked by...
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Walter takes us on a tour of what he has been tasting in northern Italy. Tomorrow he takes us south...
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Conclusive proof presented… Above, an aerial view of the Broglia estate. See also The new Gavi – an overview and...
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Gavi needs transformation to realise its potential, as outlined in The new Gavi – an overview. Below, Walter profiles eight...
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Remember us teasing Walter that he wrote only about red wines? Here he redresses the balance – and how. First...
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Dolcetto from some of Barolo's most coveted producers can still be had for a song, but will it succumb to...
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Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...
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Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...
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It's time to allow irrigation – if only there were any water. The continuing drought in large parts of northern...
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Elaine trespasses on Walter's territory this week – with his considerable approval.
From €13.50, $19.99, £19.48, 21.50 Swiss francs, CA$30.50...
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The first half of this collection of about 200 tasting notes takes in Piemonte, Alto Adige, Trentino, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Veneto and...
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2021 saw the passing of one of the wine world's unsung heroes. Arnica Rowan, seen above with him, was a...
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Walter finds the mood in the Langhe hills surprisingly upbeat. He took this picture of Mauro Veglio of La Morra...
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Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...
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Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
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Some serious goodies here. Castello di Volpaia, source of a great-value Tuscan red, pictured above, and below by Juan Trujillo...
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