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Chianti Classico 2023 and 2024 – vintage reviews
Two notoriously difficult vintages, with very different outcomes. The image above, from Collezione Chianti Classico 2026 in Florence, is courtesy of the Consorzio of Chianti Classico. In February, at the...
Walter Speller
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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
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New Italian releases 2026 – centre and south
New wines from Tuscany, the Marche and Lazio, and exciting projects in Sicily, uncovered in Walter’s new-release tastings. See also Walter’s report on the new releases from Italy’s north, and...
Walter Speller
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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...
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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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The Charles Heidsieck wine and champagne empire expands.
Isole e Olena, the emblematic Chianti Classico estate painstakingly built up by...
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This year’s Chianti Classico Riserva and Gran Selezione releases, and the new subzone proposal, assessed. See also part 1 of...
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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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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 first half of Walter's tasting notes, more than 170 of them in all, on a vintage that belies its...
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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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