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Recovering Marsala's history – without the British
Perpetuo, Ambrato, Altogrado – these ancient styles offer Marsala a way to reclaim its identity as one of Sicily’s vinous treasures. Above, Francesco Intorcia in the Intorcia Heritage cellar. See...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 13 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
Walter Speller
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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We have already published a collection of tasting notes on northern Italian reds, and have one on Italian whites in...
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See also the first half of Walter’s 2018 Italian vintage report on more northerly wine regions. But first, those statistics...
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Walter introduces the mosaic of factors that determined the varied character of last year’s wines in Italy and details what...
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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 finds that Chianti Classico Riserva is still more convincing than Gran Selezione, and reports on a possible vineyard classification...
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Walter unpicks the 2017 Chianti Classicos and enjoys many a 2016. See also Chianti Classico Collezione 2019 – Riserva and...
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Tim Jackson MW is impressed by the latest release from Tenuta San Guido. It strikes me that real, true haute...
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From €15, £20.14, 21.95 Swiss francs, NZ$32.99, 99 Polish zloty, $30, 3,520 Japanese yen, 179.90 Brazilian real Find this wine...
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The second, incredibly comprehensive part of a report from the Italian-Slovenian border, marked in this picture only by the cypress...
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The first of Julia's two reports on a trip to the Italian-Slovenian border. Part two tomorrow. Unless you are on...
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21 February 2019 We are republishing this article in our Throwback Thursday series as a mark of respect for Gianfranco...
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Buy 2013 Brunello is Walter's message. The just-released 2014 Brunellos are expected to face strong headwinds once they are available...
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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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An unpretentious start to 2019. From 11.80 Swiss francs, 280 Czech koruna, $14 (by the case only), 139 Swedish krona...
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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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Walter suggests a way forward for Italy's most famous traditional-method fizz.
Like anyone with a keen interest in wine, I...
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