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Poggio di Sotto vineyard
Tasting articles 2020 Brunello Riserva – a worthwhile investment

If you appreciate wines that reflect vintage and terroir, the top 2020 Brunellos are well worth buying. Above, the Poggio di Sotto estate, which produced an outstanding Riserva in 2020...

Alessandro Campatelli of Riecine
Tasting articles 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...

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Castello di Volpaia
Tasting articles Some serious goodies here. Castello di Volpaia, source of a great-value Tuscan red, pictured above, and below by Juan Trujillo...
Katia Nussbaum and dogs in vineyard
Free for all 4 November 2021 As part of our Throwback Thursday series we are republishing the first instalment of the lockdown diary...
Verite vineyards in Alexander Valley
Tasting articles Tom Parker MW reviews 43 wines from regions other than Bordeaux, which, along with others including Opus One 2018 and...
The hamlet of Fonterutoli in Chianti Classico
Tasting articles A complete vertical of a Tuscan classic. The Chianti Classico of the Mazzei family’s estate, nay village (see above), Fonterutoli...
WWC21 de Vries B - dried Tempranillo
Free for all Bart de Vries sent this as his preamble to his entry in our writing competition: 'A geographer by training, Bart's...
Querciabella winemaker Manfred Ing
Free for all A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See more in 21 vintages of Batàr...
Bottles of Batar from 1995 to 2018
Tasting articles A most unusual Tuscan white. See more in Batàr than the rest. Querciabella is a Chianti Classico estate near Greve...
Morisfarms Tuscany - father and sons
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...
Chianti Classico subzones
Free for all … and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano follows, adding two new words. After years of resistance, debate and pressure from producers...
Maurizio Alongi in his Chianti Classico vineyard
Tasting articles Current Riserva and Gran Selezione releases – mainly 2018s and 2017s. Consultant oenologist Maurizio Alongi is pictured with his own...
Castagnoli's historic terraces of bushvines in Chianti Classico
Tasting articles Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...
Poggio della Dogana brothers
Tasting articles See also part 1 on Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, part 2 on Lombardia, Alto Adige and Trentino, part 3 on...
Katia Nussbaum's husband Gigi in spring 2021 by the blackthorn
Free for all 13 May 2021 Republished free because this spring journal is worth a read by everyone. 17 March 2021 Katia Nussbaum...
Bibi Graetz's Colore vertical bottles
Tasting articles A look at how Bibi Graetz of Testamatta's (even) more expensive wine has evolved over time. A dramatic increase in...
Frost candles Cote d'Or 7 April 2021 by Vincent Dancer
Free for all Reports of severe frost damage to vines in a wide range of European wine regions are flooding in. Chablis, the...
View from Montalcino at dawn, Janaury 2020
Tasting articles The second half of the 222 tasting notes that accompany Walter's Brunello 2016 – outstanding, in parts and Brunello 2016...
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