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Inside information Erbamat – Franciacorta's future?

Walter Speller Wednesday 18 February 2026 • 1 min read

Wine news in 5 Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California

Plus, a trade deal for China and South Africa, falling French wine and spirits exports, a legal case in Australia. And congratulations to Andrew Jefford, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 14 February 2026 • 1 min read

The Chapelle at Saint Jacques d'Albas in France's Pays d'Oc

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Team JR Tuesday 3 February 2026 • 2 min read

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Calvarino, rebel with a cause, turns 50

A celebration of one man’s fight to make real Soave. One of Italy’s most famous and long-lived white wines, Pieropan’s...

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Tuscan wines of creation

Most wines are made to more or less the same recipe each year but the makers of two famous bordeaux...

Photograph of Viviana Malafarina in a vineyard

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WWC23 – Viviana Malafarina, by Anna Spooner

This entry to our 2023 wine writing competition sees the return of Anna Spooner, whose essay on Tablas Creek was...

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WWC23 – Daniele Piccinin, by Mike Hopkins

This submission to our 2023 wine writing competition, by videographer Mike Hopkins, is about Italian natural winemaker Daniele Piccinin. See...

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Barbaresco 2020 – the tasting notes

Following Walter's overview of the challenging 2020 vintage, here he reviews a mixed bag of 93 wines, with some exceptional...

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Barbaresco 2020 – easy-going wines from a testing vintage

Walter describes and explains the heterogeneity of these mostly early-drinking wines. His photo shows the view towards Barbaresco and Martinenga...

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Noble Chianti Classico

The result of hundreds of years' experience of Tuscan winegrowing examined. A version of this article is published by the...

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Glorious Sangiovese

Tuscany's signature red wine grape is enjoying its revamp. Above, the largest estate in Chianti Classico, that of the Barone...

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Chiaretto di Bardolino – the lake of pink

Revel in these distinctive, food-friendly rosés, both still and sparkling, from north-east Italy. Perhaps I'm being controversial in saying this...

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WWC23 – Claudia Cigliuti, by Barbara Fitzgerald

For today's 2023 wine writing competition entry, Italian wine aficionado Barbara Fitzgerald writes about Claudia Cigliuti, a Piemontese winegrower. See...