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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
Book reviews
The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews
Six sleek guides for wine lovers wanting on-the-ground advice on what and where to drink and eat. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides Bordeaux, by Georgie Hindle – ISBN 9781917084512 Napa...
Ben Colvill
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
Nick on restaurants
Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
• 1 min read
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From €19.50, £21.60, $35 Find this wine I first tasted this wine in January of this year but its arrival...
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20 Aug 2015 Richard spotted this vintage article, written in late 2001. It's rather fun to re-read it today and...
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This is a slightly longer version of an article published by the Financial Times. See also Walter’s January 2015 tasting...
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11 July 2015 I have just added the notes I was able to make on the night from my scrawl...
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Renzo Cotarella, in charge of winemaking for Italian mega wine producer Antinori and brother of roving oenologist Riccardo, was in...
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10 May Darrell Corti of Sacramento wine merchant Corti Brothers writes: 'You might be interested to know that the first...
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See also Drinking history – Biondi Santi back to 1955.
There are many pretenders to the Montalcino wine throne but...
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The wine that benefits the least from the annual Tuscany en primeur tastings is Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Compared with...
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Each year, at the same time as Brunello di Montalcino is released onto the market after a formidable four years...
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Our Italian week continues with this ragbag of Tuscan wines tasted reasonably recently in London, and might be read in...
Tasting articles
This article introduces a week devoted to Italian wine, just to remind those who sell, and particularly those who price...
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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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1 Jan 2015 – Happy New Year! Continuing our Throwback Thursday series, yea even on New Year's Day, we are...
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6 Nov 2014 Today's Throwback Thursday article was first published on 15 July 2013 and, with Walter's reviews today of...
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