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New Italian releases 2026 – the north
Walter sifts through months of tastings to highlight the most exciting new wines from Italy’s northern regions. Come back tomorrow for highlights from central and southern Italy. For tasting notes...
Walter Speller
• 1 min read
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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
For background details on this vintage see Barolo 2022 – vintage report. Above, the Lazzarito vineyard with the Alps in the background. While the majority of wines reviewed here are...
Walter Speller
• 8 min read
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A stunning monument to a grape whose wines were once regarded as white Barolo.
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Walter presents the last of his more-random-than-usual collections of tasting notes. The image above is of Andrea Picchioni in his...
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Walter's view from Tre Stelle towards Barbaresco and with the crus of Martinenga and Rabajà in the distance illustrates this...
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Arnica Rowan, seen here, describes hunting for the luxury product vying with vines for land in the Langhe hills, which...
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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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Arnica Rowan sniffs out a new craze, for Piemonte's less famous indigenous grapes.
Claudio Fenocchio (right) gestured across the vineyard...
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Some welcome Italian gems here, and a foretaste of the many more 2016 Barolos that Walter has just been tasting...
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Snap these up, says Walter. Italy's finest co-op wines?
Produttori del Barbaresco is not only one of Italy’s most admired...
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Walter goes out on a limb that could be extremely exciting for Barolo's neighbour.
With the 2016 vintage, Barbaresco has...
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Piemonte dominates this collection of more than 130 tasting notes, with the Veneto the second most important region represented in...
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Walter profiles an Australian in the Langhe. On 5 March Walter will be hosting for members of the wine trade...
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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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Another look at 2015 Barolo, and Brunello di Montalcino from the notorious 2014 vintage, to add to Walter's Barolo report...
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Walter previews the forthcoming Barolo vintage, and took this picture of morning fog in the vineyard. Jancis adds some more...
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About half of the 71 wines reviewed in this article were tasted at the Nebbiolo Day hosted by our own...
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