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Etna lightens up
More white wines and lighter red wines are the style of the moment on this volcano. Last September I attended ‘Etna Days’, a four-day immersion in the wines of Europe’s...
Walter Speller
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2018 and 2019, Nebbiolo and Pinot Noir, Burgundy and Barolo: comparisons abound but identity eludes Walter in his latest survey...
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Some of the entrants to our writing competition come from the least likely backgrounds. Like this one: 'My name is...
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Making wine for fun on the volcano. From left to right above: Dante Pasqua, Emiliano Falsini and Giuseppe Russo.
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The final part of Walter's useful audit of new releases. See also Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, Lombardia, Alto Adige and...
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Walter casts off his prejudices during a tasting with a Mafia-buster.
I was never very aware of Perricone, an ancient...
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An auspicious Sicilian red to welcome the Year of the Ox, which begins today.
From €15.50, $22.99, 590 Czech koruna...
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2 1 September Walter Speller assesses the life of the giant of Sicilian...
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The town of Marsala in Sicily may be best known for its dessert wine, but this wine of the week...
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The first of three collections of assorted Italian tasting notes. This time we work our way up the peninsula from...
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Jinglin Zhang is the founder of Grape Paradise, a boutique wine importer focusing on Italian wine in China. After gaining...
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It was surely inevitable that Sicily's first fine-wine producer would establish themselves on the volcano … bottle-shot by Benedetto Tarantino...
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Fancy a bit of escapism? Jonathan Reeve, who inspired our first escapist photo-portrait of a wine destination, Chambolle-Musigny, contributes his...
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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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Carlo Ferrini's own wines are light years from the ones that made his reputation as a winemaking consultant in Italy...
Don't quote me
Sicily's table wines may be riding high but the island's most famous fortified wine is in the doldrums, laments Tim...
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See also Tim’s cri de coeur about how complicated and under-promoted marsala is. Now, on with the story. To make...
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