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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Brunello farmers never knew what nature would throw at them next in 2025. Yet somehow they managed, even claiming that the vintage is better than 2024. Above, the view from...
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
Book reviews
The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews
Ben Colvill
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
Nick on restaurants
Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Tuscany's signature red wine grape is enjoying its revamp. Above, the largest estate in Chianti Classico, that of the Barone...
Nick on restaurants
Hospitality lessons from three Tuscan wineries and three chefs. Above, Franco Sangiacomo, a Tuscan returnee from DC, now at Francesco...
Tasting articles
Walter continues his three-part series on exciting new releases from all corners of Italy. Today, the centre of the country...
Tasting articles
Walter continues his report on the Chianti Classico presentation in Florence earlier this year, focusing on the later-released wines, including...
Tasting articles
Walter reports on this year's annual presentation of Chianti Classico and on the significance of the denomination's new subzones, such...
Tasting articles
Walter enjoys a slow, reflective tasting and revises his view of Cupano's early, heavily oaked vintages.
Last June I was...
Tasting articles
Single-vineyard wines are all the rage all over the world now but the Selvapiana estate in Chianti Rufina has been...
Tasting articles
Walter takes us south to see what he has been tasting. See also yesterday’s review of new releases from the...
Book reviews
Mélange might be the best word for this catholic collection of book reviews, united only by the one common denominator...
Tasting articles
Walter guides us through this challenging vintage. See also Brunello 2018 – enjoy this style while you can.
While tasting...
Tasting articles
2018 may not be a vintage for laying down, but its freshness may well be wistfully remembered in years to...
Tasting articles
And which is by far the best value…? Clue: the Guerrieri Gonzaga family above.
Purple Pagers may remember a particularly...
Inside information
Walter digs deep into the latest acquisition by Tuscany's oldest wine dynasty. Last year the Frescobaldi empire, already sizeable with...
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In this entry to our 2022 writing competition, author Gwendolyn Alley describes her experiences meeting with leading advocates of regenerative...
Tasting articles
Expensive wines from most unusual winemakers. Frank Cornelissen above with his famous Magma wines.
What is it about Raeburn Fine...
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Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...
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