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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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Did the annus horribilis become an annus mirabilis ? Walter's photo taken last December pictures Barolo from La Morra.
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A pioneer in Etna's winemaking renaissance has passed.
On 1 February at the age of 78 Giuseppe Benanti, pharmaceutical entrepreneur...
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Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the Langhe recently and took this picture of the view towards Castiglione Falletto...
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An intriguing rarity from the north-west of Italy that remains something of an insider secret.
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In the Langhe, classico , or classic, has become shorthand for ‘cool years’, which were the norm before the onset...
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Last Thursday Luciano Sandrone of the eponymous Barolo estate died at the age of 76. Above he is flanked by...
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Walter takes us south to see what he has been tasting. See also yesterday’s review of new releases from the...
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Walter takes us on a tour of what he has been tasting in northern Italy. Tomorrow he takes us south...
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Walter guides us through this challenging vintage. See also Brunello 2018 – enjoy this style while you can.
While tasting...
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Fine examples of the Veneto's routinely ignored refreshing ruby of a wine.
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