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Chianti Classico 2022 – Riserva v Gran Selezione
Pleasant surprises from a torrid year. Above, Alessandro Campatelli, director and oenologist (and now owner) at Riecine, made a 2022 Gran Selezione particularly admired by Walter (© Riecine). As promised...
Walter Speller
• 3 min read
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Volcanic wines of mainland Italy
From Soave’s dormant cones to Campania’s shuddering Vesuvius, a tour of some of Italy’s most exciting wine regions. John Szabo MS took the image above of gnarly old vines in...
Tara Q Thomas
• 5 min read
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16 Mar – See here for news that imports of 2006 Brunellos have been officially sanctioned by authorities in its...
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This is the third of Walter Speller's extensive reports from the recent Anteprima tastings of the latest releases in Italy...
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See the 55 related tasting notes in Anteprima 2011 – Chianti Classico. The annual presentation of the latest vintages of...
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This is the first of Walter Speller's extensive reports from the recent Anteprima tastings of the latest releases in Italy...
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The annual en primeur presentation of the 2006 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino last Friday and Saturday has already caused...
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From 17.90 Swiss francs, £14.99, €15.15, $21.99, HK$202.39, 156 Danish krone Find this wine This is a quite delicious, grown-up...
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The anteprima, or en primeur, tasting of Chianti Rufina last month can be considered either the very first or the...
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Update 13 Jun 2011: another 16 ha is added to Virginie Sacery's holdings... The news in 2008 that Avignonesi, arguably...
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While Florence recently played host to the first annual Wine Town Festival, celebrating the great wine capitals of the world...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
In the last few weeks I...
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Any time spent in Italy is a bonus and a few days earlier this month taught me a lot, not...
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The ambitious aim of the European Union to organise all of Europe's wine regions into a single system more or...
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It's not just Bordeaux that presents its latest vintage for assessment, although the Tuscans take a little more time about...
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Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi in Panzano sends this report on last year's growing season. He and his American-German family...
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The 2007 vintage in Montepulciano, less clement than for Chianti Classico in general, showed wines that seemed to struggle with...
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The next stop on February's en primeur tastings in Tuscany, beginning with Chianti Classico, was Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. This...
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