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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
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Brunello farmers never knew what nature would throw at them next in 2025. Yet somehow they managed, even claiming that the vintage is better than 2024. Above, the view from...
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
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12 Mar For today's Throwback Thursday, because Walter's four-part series has been so enthusiastically received, we are republishing the first...
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The final part of Walter's Italian Aussies is a selection of just some of the wines he tasted on his...
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See also part 1 and part 2 of Walter's report on the progress of Italian varieties in Australia. Although the...
Don't quote me
This is the continuation o f Walter's Italian grape varieties in Australia – part 1. Climate change is one of...
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In Mining Italy’s riches last June, an appreciation of some of Italy’s less mainstream wines, I drew attention to the...
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Two years after the Franciacorta Consorzio opened a London office (see Walter Speller's Franciacorta sets its sights on the UK)...
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See Walter's enthusiastic report on 159 Brunello di Montalcino 2010s. The photographs here and in the earlier report are his...
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The beginning of the new year in Italy transforms the sleepy, wintry hills of Tuscany into a hotbed of activity...
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I love Andrea Franchetti, founder of Tenuta di Trinoro in the vinous wilds of the Tuscan/Lazio border and, subsequently, Passiopisciaro...
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Now that Lambrusco is no longer unequivocally dismissed as cheap and nasty (see Tam's recent enthusiasm, for example), I can...
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There are many ampelographic curiosities in Italy, none less so than Caberlot, an alleged crossing between Cabernet Franc and Merlot...
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It is no longer a secret that Italy's deep south, Campania, is currently the source of some of the country's...
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In 2011 – another fine vintage for Barolo?, Walter examines the highs and the lows of this hot year. The...
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Nebbiolo, considered Italy's most tannic grape variety and especially impressive and powerful in its Barolo guise (see yesterday's report on...
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See Sorting through the assortments for a guide to the many collections of tasting notes already published and details of...
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Not so long ago the Maremma, the coastal strip that runs south of Livorno all the way down to Lazio...
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