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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...
Walter Speller
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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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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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We go back in time via a vertical from one of Montalcino's longer-established producers.
This was a fascinating tasting, tracing...
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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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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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