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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
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Walter goes out and about to discuss a troublesome vintage, and tastes 130 examples. Tomorrow, Riservas from the much more...
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Walter is passionate about a light, sweet, lightly sparkling historic wine too often overlooked. Now joined by a dry version...
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Jancis highlights the progress made in Tuscany's emblematic wine region. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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How one man has been proving significant geographical diversity in Emilia-Romagna. A couple of years ago in an article on...
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Assessments of the 47 fine reds shown at our first Chianti Classico Night in London a week ago. See also...
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I have visited Modena in Emilia-Romagna in Italy once but regrettably that was before Massimo Bottura established his world-famous restaurant...
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Sad news came from the Langhe yesterday evening with the announcement of Giuseppe Rinaldi’s death just days before his seventieth...
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From €19.80, 21.90 Swiss francs, £20, 227.90 Norwegian krone, CA$42.95, $34.99, 239 Danish krone, AU$62 Find this wine Chianti Classico...
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What I did on my holidays... Nick and I sneaked off from this year's mammoth task of updating the World...
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See also Quintarelli v Dal Forno from 2010. Dal Forno is one of Italy’s most iconic estates. It specialises in...
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