Italy 2018

Verkostungsberichte Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...

Verkostungsberichte This year’s Chianti Classico Riserva and Gran Selezione releases, and the new subzone proposal, assessed. See also part 1 of...

Verkostungsberichte Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...

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Verkostungsberichte Perhaps not the most complex vintage, nor the most long-lived, but there is plenty to enjoy. Walter's picture of one...

Verkostungsberichte Current Riserva and Gran Selezione releases – mainly 2018s and 2017s. Consultant oenologist Maurizio Alongi is pictured with his own...

Verkostungsberichte Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...

Insider-Informationen See also the first half of Walter’s 2018 Italian vintage report on more northerly wine regions. But first, those statistics...

Insider-Informationen Walter introduces the mosaic of factors that determined the varied character of last year’s wines in Italy and details what...