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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
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Arnica Rowan, seen here, describes hunting for the luxury product vying with vines for land in the Langhe hills, which...
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Reports from around the region. Is it as good as 2016? Seen here Walter's November 2019 view of the alps...
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Arnica Rowan sniffs out a new craze, for Piemonte's less famous indigenous grapes.
Claudio Fenocchio (right) gestured across the vineyard...
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Some welcome Italian gems here, and a foretaste of the many more 2016 Barolos that Walter has just been tasting...
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Snap these up, says Walter. Italy's finest co-op wines?
Produttori del Barbaresco is not only one of Italy’s most admired...
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Walter goes out on a limb that could be extremely exciting for Barolo's neighbour.
With the 2016 vintage, Barbaresco has...
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Piemonte dominates this collection of more than 130 tasting notes, with the Veneto the second most important region represented in...
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Walter profiles an Australian in the Langhe. On 5 March Walter will be hosting for members of the wine trade...
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Walter is passionate about a light, sweet, lightly sparkling historic wine too often overlooked. Now joined by a dry version...
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Another look at 2015 Barolo, and Brunello di Montalcino from the notorious 2014 vintage, to add to Walter's Barolo report...
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Walter previews the forthcoming Barolo vintage, and took this picture of morning fog in the vineyard. Jancis adds some more...
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About half of the 71 wines reviewed in this article were tasted at the Nebbiolo Day hosted by our own...
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See also Walter's final tranche of 133 tasting notes on the surprising 2014 vintage in Barolo, also published today.
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Don't quote me
Bruno Giacosa, one of Italy’s most admired winemakers, died a week last Sunday at the age of 88. Famous for...
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After tasting the 60 Barolo 2014s described below, I have come to the conclusion that we all – wine producers...
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See also Jancis's tasting notes.
Last Sunday night we held our eighth London wine tasting event at Caravan King's Cross...
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