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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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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
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This is the second of Walter's three tasting reports on this year's Nebbiolo Prima, including 271 tasting notes published before...
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Walter attended this year's presentation of the latest vintages of Barolo and Barbaresco in Alba recently and, as far as...
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This is the first of three tasting reports from this year's Nebbiolo Prima. As far as we know, Walter's are...
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Instead of our usual Throwback Thursday, we are publishing this rather worried look into the future as a companion piece...
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This is the first of two collections of tasting notes that don't fit in to my themed reports, focusing on...
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Justerini and Brooks’s Barolo tasting has become an annual fixture on the London tasting calendar, and a clear sign that...
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Alto Piemonte may be experiencing some serious hype among New York sommeliers, but is little known in the UK. And...
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Langhe’s soul-searching for its lost local varieties is not a recent phenomenon even if the history of the white Nascetta...
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The Langhe, Nebbiolo's hallowed ground that culminates in Barolo and Barbaresco, has a thirst for whites too. Until now it...
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The underlying theme of the Nebbiolo Prima wine tastings (see our guide) in Alba last May showcasing Roero, Barbaresco and...
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Tasting some 479 embryonic Nebbiolos (see Nebbiolo Prima – the guide) during this year’s en primeur of Roero, Barbaresco and...
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Roero is a bit of a problem child.
I have always considered the inclusion of Roero, the direct neighbour of...
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Back in January, Walter signalled just how exceptionally good the 2010 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino is in 2010 Brunello...
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Every time Piemonte is mentioned, attention is automatically drawn to Barolo and Barbaresco. This large collection of tasting notes dedicated...
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In Mining Italy’s riches last June, an appreciation of some of Italy’s less mainstream wines, I drew attention to the...
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