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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
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...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
• 1 min read
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As proof of his assertion that pergola vine training systems can produce great wines, Walter shares this list. See also...
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Agronomist Maurizio Gily, pictured above by Andreas Maerz, is a specialist in viticulture and oenology as well as editor and...
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One of Italy's most distinctive, ancient and aesthetically pleasing training forms is unjustly burdened with a reputation for producing dilute...
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Walter reports from the European country furthest along the path to relaxing a really stringent lockdown, and is far from...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also my recommended lockdown reds, and our...
Wines of the week
Today's impeccable Tuscan red comes to you courtesy of the London Rowing Club. Really.
From €17.95, $21.99, AU$34.99, 22.50 Swiss...
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A pure, expressive and finely textured red from the north slopes of the volcano.
2016 from €23.95, $34.99, £29.50
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A two-handed audit of the offerings of a London importer with a small group of shops that has long been...
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Katia Nussbaum brings us up to date with her coronadiary on day 40 of lockdown on her San Polino estate...
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In her final diary entry from San Polino in Montalcino, Katia Nussbaum asks if we are willing to change. Click...
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In which Katia Nussbaum's son manages to track down face masks, everyone feels paranoid, and she and her husband meet...
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Katia Nussbaum's thoughts turn to photons as she and her family start a third week in lockdown at their San...
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A fight, and some better news in Italy. Katia Nussbaum continues her Tuscan wine producer's diary. Click on the Katia's...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum on hair dye, tying up young vines, keeping apart within one household and disappearing eggs in...
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In which things become even more personally worrying for Katia. For previous diary entries, click on the Katia's diary tag...
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Founder of Winetraders Michael Palij MW has been branching out, resulting in a blind tasting that confounds Tim during the...
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