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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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Katia Nussbaum continues her daily diary under lockdown in Italy with some of her family at her Montalcino estate, San...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum continues her very personal diary during lockdown at her estate. See days 1 and 2 for...
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From Botticino to Grand Central station. Buy this and help seriously underequipped hospitals in northern Italy.
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A vertical tasting of the most famous wine of the deep south of the Maremma, a companion piece to Saffredi...
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Sassicaia 2017 proves a very different kettle of fish from the 2016. And a preview of the 2018 vintage in...
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The second half of Walter's report on the just-released vintage of Brunello di Montalcino. See also his tasting notes on...
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Walter's tasting notes on well over 100 regular bottlings of the latest vintage of Brunello should be read in conjunction...
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There's nothing whatever wrong with a tiny bit of well-balanced residual sugar, especially when it's historic. We were going to...
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We'd love to see more of these wines on export markets. A slightly shorter version of this article is published...
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Walter, an ex art history student, muses on the current, fluid state of Italian wine. The natural wine debate has...
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A change of heart and a change of style chronicled. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by...
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Reports from around the region. Is it as good as 2016? Seen here Walter's November 2019 view of the alps...
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The 2016 vintage is game-changing. You'll want to buy some, and you can hardly go wrong.
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Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the snowy Langhe recently and took this picture of the alps in Verduno...
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