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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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More from Katia Nussbaum in Montalcino as she tries to navigate her way through lockdown. Click on the Katia's diary...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum continues her very personal diary during lockdown at her estate. See days 1 and 2 for...
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A vertical tasting of the most famous wine of the deep south of the Maremma, a companion piece to Saffredi...
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Sassicaia 2017 proves a very different kettle of fish from the 2016. And a preview of the 2018 vintage in...
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The second half of Walter's report on the just-released vintage of Brunello di Montalcino. See also his tasting notes on...
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Walter picks over what’s good and bad about this latest vintage. See his t asting notes on 127 regular bottles...
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Walter's tasting notes on well over 100 regular bottlings of the latest vintage of Brunello should be read in conjunction...
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Carlo Ferrini's own wines are light years from the ones that made his reputation as a winemaking consultant in Italy...
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7 November 2019 We so enjoyed Burton Anderson’s fascinating and wry article that we are republishing it free today. Meanwhile...
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Robin Baum, a retired lawyer looking even more like the classic Englishman against the backdrop of Tuscany, his current stomping...
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We go back in time via a vertical from one of Montalcino's longer-established producers.
This was a fascinating tasting, tracing...
Wines of the week
A southern Tuscan bargain for your delectation – practically wherever you are.
From €12.90, 15.50 Swiss francs, £14.99, CA$25.25, 2,330...
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A clutch of vertical tastings of some special Italian wines, including a Sardinian rarity and a special Vin Santo.
Tim...
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How do the increasing number of non-French wines now being sold in Bordeaux measure up to the wines the Bordeaux...
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A version of this article about Bolgheri is published by the Financial Times. See also Bolgheri – the tasting notes...
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19 September 2019 See my tasting notes on Sassicaia 2016 and Guidalberto 2017.
13 September 2019 Four of the Tuscan...
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