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Chianti Classico 2022 – Riserva v Gran Selezione
Pleasant surprises from a torrid year. Above, Alessandro Campatelli, director and oenologist (and now owner) at Riecine, made a 2022 Gran Selezione particularly admired by Walter (© Riecine). As promised...
Walter Speller
• 3 min read
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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
• 2 min read
Wein-News in 5
Brutal weather threatens vineyards, Chianti rosé, latest global wine stats
Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in, I’d like to congratulate Jancis for taking #2 in Drinks...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
• 1 min read
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Two-thousand-year-old alpine viticulture on impossibly steep slopes starring primus inter pares Nebbiolo, Valtellina is surely bound to become Italy’s next...
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Walter calls this 'a concise history of more than 2,000 years of wine production' in this spectacular alpine setting. It...
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25 November 2019 To find out more, see Valtellina report - part 1 for a history of the region and...
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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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After his survey of the history of this southern Italian wine, Walter looks at what is being done to assure...
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This collection of 41 tasting notes complements Cirò – the past and Cirò – the future.
Notes from a flight...
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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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For the first of three reports, Walter ventures to the far south of Italy. Twice. See also Cirò – the...
Unverblümte Meinungen
Some reluctant recommendations from Walter, who also contributes this picture of an enoteca in Padua (where he lives) offering 'a...
Unverblümte Meinungen
Walter wrestles with the concept of good-value Italian wines in this stream of consciousness, and eventually overcomes his Cabernet-phobia at...
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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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Walter comments, reluctantly, on this year's vintage in Italy.
Later that same day The first official estimates for the total...
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For this penultimate published entry in our wine writing competition, Lorenza Pravato provides the inside track on where to go...
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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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Mainly Italians plus some tip-top champagnes.
The group of smart London wine shops known as Jeroboams, supplied and owned by...
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