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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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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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This is the first in a series of articles this week on Tuscan wines. See here for the tasting notes...
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I'd like to whet your appetite for what is to come next week. Our Italian specialist Walter Speller (and see...
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The New Year starts with the loss of one of Italy's most important consultants, Giulio Gambelli, who from the very...
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A couple of weeks ago I received the first impressions of the 2011 vintage in Montalcino from Katia Nussbaum, who...
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After the acquisition of 16 new hectares of vines in June, Virginie Saverys (ipictured left and profiled here by Walter)...
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7 Sep - The Montalcino producers voted in the end to keep Rosso di Montalcino 100% Sangiovese. See more on...
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7 Sep – The Montalcino producers voted in the end to keep Rosso di Montalcino 100% Sangiovese. See more on...
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The new, Belgian owner of Montepulciano's most famous wine producer Avignonesi has just added to her previous holdings 16 more...
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The last of this week's reports on the 2010 vintage comes from Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi, another usefully talented...
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Following the en primeur tasting in Montepulciano (see my long report, The discreet charm of Vino Nobile), I had the...
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Montalcino resident, biodynamics consultant, author and broadcaster Monty Waldin offers this report on Montalcino's current organic and biodynamic releases, a...
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16 Mar – See here for news that imports of 2006 Brunellos have been officially sanctioned by authorities in its...
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This is the third of Walter Speller's extensive reports from the recent Anteprima tastings of the latest releases in Italy...
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See the 55 related tasting notes in Anteprima 2011 – Chianti Classico. The annual presentation of the latest vintages of...
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This is the first of Walter Speller's extensive reports from the recent Anteprima tastings of the latest releases in Italy...
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The annual en primeur presentation of the 2006 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino last Friday and Saturday has already caused...
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