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Alessandro Campatelli of Riecine
Tasting articles 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...

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Tasting articles 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...

WNi5 and Crys Chen, Brittany Graham, Loris Jones Randolph, and Justin Trabue Wasserman, BIMPOC 2026 award recipients
Wine 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...

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Gaetano Tamellini on a tractor in his Soave vineyards
Wines of the week Don't overlook simple Soave. Garganega, in the right hands, can be exciting, even at an entry-level price point. From €9.21...
Unsplash Hin Bong Yeung
Tasting articles Carbonic maceration gets a bad rap, light red wines are often treated like bubble-gum versions of the real thing, but...
Urban Plattner of Alto Adige
Tasting articles Time is running out for Alto Adige's signature variety, which may – just – be rescued in time by members...
Buttafuoco December 2021
Tasting articles The producers of an extraordinary red wine in northern Italy have had to fight to keep it extraordinary. In May...
Arnica and Lorenzo Corino
Free for all 2021 saw the passing of one of the wine world's unsung heroes. Arnica Rowan, seen above with him, was a...
Mauro Veglio
Inside information Walter finds the mood in the Langhe hills surprisingly upbeat. He took this picture of Mauro Veglio of La Morra...
Jean-Baptiste Souillard
Tasting articles Some great finds, in bottle and keg, from the UK's leading proponent of wine on tap. See also Tapping the...
View towards La Morra
Tasting articles Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...
Foradori's Morei vineyard
Wines of the week Some fabulous wines from the foothills of the Dolomites. Sgarzon 2020 from €28, £39, 69.50 Swiss francs Find the Sgarzon...
Santa Tresa Vittoria
Wines of the week Sicily has been basking in the JR.com limelight in 2021, with no fewer than 10 (11, if you count this...
Pignolo by Ben Little
Book reviews Two books look at a tiny corner of the north Adriatic from two very different perspectives. Pignolo Cultivating the invisible...
Castiglione Falletto at the foot of the mountains
Don't quote me Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
Bottle of Ben Ryé passito in a vineyard
Wines of the week When is a dried wine sweet? When it's a passito… Half-bottles from €22.95, 32 Swiss francs, 789 Czech koruna, CA$43...
champagne and fireworks by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash
Tasting articles There's everything here from the cheapest and quite cheerful fizz (in the Other group below) to the most sumptuous of...
The Wines of Santorini book cover
Book reviews Santorini and the southern Italian psyche explored. The Wines of Santorini Yiannis Karakasis MW Published by P & J Veritas...
Katia Nussbaum and dogs in vineyard
Free for all 4 November 2021 As part of our Throwback Thursday series we are republishing the first instalment of the lockdown diary...
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