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Italian new releases 2025 – the north
Great summer drinking from Alto Adige down to Emilia-Romagna. Plus some wines to put down for winter and beyond. Come back tomorrow for new releases from Tuscany and points south...
Walter Speller
Wednesday 9 July 2025
• 14 min read
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Santa Maria, Valpolicella Classico Superiore
Richard Hemming MW
Friday 20 June 2025
• 1 min read
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Italian new releases late 2024 – the north
Walter Speller
Monday 30 December 2024
• 14 min read
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Don't overlook simple Soave. Garganega, in the right hands, can be exciting, even at an entry-level price point.
From €9.21...
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Carbonic maceration gets a bad rap, light red wines are often treated like bubble-gum versions of the real thing, but...
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The team at JR.com have been flying the flag for Soave for a long time.
2018 from $14.99, €22.75, HK$222...
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Walter shines a light on an underappreciated haven of white-wine quality and value in north-east Italy.
In a corner tucked...
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The Consorzio di Tutela del Chiaretto e del Bardolino delivers a cluster of baby pinks and a global petition for...
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Another delicious cocktail of wine and opinion. See also part 1 on Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, part 2 on Lombardia...
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Reports of severe frost damage to vines in a wide range of European wine regions are flooding in. Chablis, the...
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Bardolino is a wine that should no longer be taken lightly. The evocative Lake Garda is pictured above and below...
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Tam falls in love. It was one of those, 'Where have you been all my life?!' moments. I recently had...
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Walter presents the last of his more-random-than-usual collections of tasting notes. The image above is of Andrea Picchioni in his...
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Evan White from Manhattan, New York, writes in to introduce his (unedited) entry to the writing competition, ‘Hi there! Up...
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Tim goes in search of superior Prosecco. Arcangelo Piaia took this picture of some of the better sites in this...
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A ground-breaking, fascinating and delicious tasting in the heart of the Auvergne.
There’s nothing flashy about the Auvergne winegrowers, unless...
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A Soave most definitely worth seeking out.
From €15.21, 18.31 Swiss francs, $19.99, £16.68
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The Gini family...
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It's time to welcome Soave back into the fine-wine fold.
Soave , as Walter’s Oxford Companion to Wine entry well...
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Good-value Valpolicella doesn't have to be pizzeria plonk.
From €9.90, $13, £11.50, 1,941 roubles, 489.90 Norwegian kroner (in double-magnum box)...
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