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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
• 1 min read
Wines of the week
Marrone, Che Vale Nebbiolo, Langhe
An incredibly refreshing Nebbiolo from a sustainably-minded family that sells for as little as €17.50, $24.94, £22.50. - - - - - - Da: Tamlyn Currin Inviato: Lunedì, 12 Gennaio...
Tamlyn Currin
• 1 min read
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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
For background details on this vintage see Barolo 2022 – vintage report. Above, the Lazzarito vineyard with the Alps in the background. While the majority of wines reviewed here are...
Walter Speller
• 8 min read
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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...
Don't quote me
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...
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...
Wines of the week
A wrongly overlooked, lightly sparkling wine of the week that needs no excuses.
Full-size bottles from €11.40, $14.50, HK$121.66, 142...
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Walter has been busy tasting for your delectation, and identifying the trends and budding stars. Above, the Torrette subzone in...
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The bad news keeps on coming. Enea Barbieri's picture is of the anti-frost measures taken at Tenuta di Trinoro in...
Free for all
Reports of severe frost damage to vines in a wide range of European wine regions are flooding in. Chablis, the...
Tasting articles
It takes time for this obscure Piemontese variety to show Walter what it's made of.
Uvalino is one of those...
Don't quote me
On Saturday we published Which red wine vintages to drink now but it concentrates largely on French wines. There is...
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Walter reports on the most recent vintage in Piemonte's hot spot, and official attempts to save the market for Barolo...
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25 March 2021 Two wines from Diego Conterno now added to the tasting notes below.
16 December 2020 Walter was...
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Walter takes us on a tour of the Langhe growers’ climate-change toolbox and exclusively helps us to master an excessively...
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Some fine Brunello 2016s, charming Barbaresco 2018s and rather more challenging Barolo 2017s. This photo of Barolo vineyards is by...
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