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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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Robin Baum, a retired lawyer looking even more like the classic Englishman against the backdrop of Tuscany, his current stomping...
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A southern Tuscan bargain for your delectation – practically wherever you are.
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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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Swedish Siena resident Tina Johannson shares her address book. See this guide to all the entries in our travel writing...
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A detailed look at one of Tuscany's most distinctive, if varied, wines. Umbria specialises in it too. While Walter was...
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4 April 2019 In our series of weekly dives into the archives we are republishing this account of two Maremma...
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A preview of Rosso di Montalcino 2017s supplemented by reviews of some late-released 2016s. Walter took this picture from Biondi...
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Walter finds that Chianti Classico Riserva is still more convincing than Gran Selezione, and reports on a possible vineyard classification...
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Walter unpicks the 2017 Chianti Classicos and enjoys many a 2016. See also Chianti Classico Collezione 2019 – Riserva and...
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Tim Jackson MW is impressed by the latest release from Tenuta San Guido. It strikes me that real, true haute...
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21 February 2019 We are republishing this article in our Throwback Thursday series as a mark of respect for Gianfranco...
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An appreciation of Gianfranco Soldera of Case Basse. Gianfranco Soldera, 82, left this world last Saturday in Montalcino. He had...
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