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Brunello 2021 – the single-vineyard and selezione wines
Walter Speller
Tuesday 2 December 2025
• 2 min read
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Brunello 2021 – the estate wines
Walter Speller
Monday 1 December 2025
• 9 min read
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Jancis's diary – October 2025
Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above (unthinkable in London). I write this just before taking off...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 3 November 2025
• 1 min read
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See the first part of this collection of nearly 200 tasting notes on some of the most interesting Italian wines...
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Above, the road from the village of Bolgheri to the coast road that once dissected a malarial swamp but now...
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Walter's final contribution about the latest releases of Brunello di Montalcino, the 2016 Riservas and late-release Riservas from earlier vintages...
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The second half of Walter's tasting notes on a vintage that belies its reputation. See Brunello 2017 – A to...
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The first half of Walter's tasting notes, more than 170 of them in all, on a vintage that belies its...
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Keep the top wines and enjoy the surprising others soonish, says Walter. See his extremely comprehensive tasting notes in Brunello...
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The charismatic, unpredictable man behind Tenuta di Trinoro in the Val d'Orcia and Passopisciaro on Etna, where this picture was...
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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...
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4 November 2021 As part of our Throwback Thursday series we are republishing the first instalment of the lockdown diary...
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Tom Parker MW reviews 43 wines from regions other than Bordeaux, which, along with others including Opus One 2018 and...
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A complete vertical of a Tuscan classic.
The Chianti Classico of the Mazzei family’s estate, nay village (see above), Fonterutoli...
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Bart de Vries sent this as his preamble to his entry in our writing competition: 'A geographer by training, Bart's...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See more in 21 vintages of Batàr...
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A most unusual Tuscan white. See more in Batàr than the rest.
Querciabella is a Chianti Classico estate near Greve...
Wines of the week
Jancis wrote last weekend about the joys of cooling reds. Here's one more to add to the list.
From €8...
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… and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano follows, adding two new words.
After years of resistance, debate and pressure from producers...
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