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Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it in July 2025. At this time of year I like...
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
• 6 min read
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Brunello 2021 – the single-vineyard and selezione wines
The wines Brunello producers are most proud of from the 2021 vintage, assessed. See also Walter’s overview of the vintage and reviews of the Brunello Classicos. Ripe grapes in San...
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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Good news! 2018/19/20 are looking like a trio of great vintages. See also part 2 on this year's Riserva and...
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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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