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Tasting articles Barbaresco 2022 – a waiting game

A tannic vintage produced some lovely surprises and shows how far growers have come in dealing with summer heat. Albino Rocca (some of whose vineyards are pictured above) produced a...

Walter Speller Wednesday 20 August 2025 • 6 min read

Tasting articles Barolo 2021 – an enigmatic vintage

Walter Speller Wednesday 6 August 2025 • 11 min read

Tasting articles More Barolo 2021 and some late releases

Walter Speller Tuesday 21 January 2025 • 7 min read

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2021 Barolo and 2022 Barbaresco – an early look

A very early preview of these two promising vintages at the Vinexus Anteprima tasting in London last month. Above, Cavallotto...

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Italy's Alpine Nebbiolo

Will the future of Nebbiolo be in the higher elevations of Piemonte and Lombardia? David Berry Green, shown above in...

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Women in wine – Gaia Gaja

The Queen of Barbaresco is the second subject in a series of in-depth interviews by Victoria Mason MW with some...

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Barolo vintage 2020 reviewed – part 2

Castiglione Falletto, Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba are the focus of this report. For an overview of the vintage and...

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Barolo vintage 2020 reviewed – part 1

This first of two parts looks at the communes of Verduno, Barolo, Novello and La Morra. Tomorrow, Castiglione Falletto, Monforte...

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Barbaresco 2021 – the tasting notes

A follow-up to Walter's report on Barbaresco 2021 – too much of a good thing is wonderful. Above, Franca Miretti...

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Barbaresco 2021 – too much of a good thing is wonderful

A great vintage for Nebbiolo in Barbaresco, from entry-level to cru wines. Come back on Friday for the tasting notes...

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Swiggable Italians

London wine merchant Swig has fallen for Italy in a big way, via convention-busting wines in the main. Nelson Pari...

View from Massolino in Serralunga d'Alba

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Drinking in Piemonte – wines and vintages 2011–2023

Tasting notes on 94 wines tasted in the Langhe hills last November, complemented by contemporary assessments of the last 13...

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Barolo 2020 and other new releases from Piemonte

Following on from yesterday's sneak preview of the vintage, Walter reviews 53 Barolo 2020s as well as some late releases...

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Barolo 2020 – sneak preview

What does the vintage produced in COVID times look like? Walter gives us a foretaste of wines that will be...

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Vinexus anteprima 2023

Highlights and insights from an early tasting of 2020 Barolo and 2021 Barbaresco. Above, Ciabot Berton's striking new labels. Last...

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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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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...