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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
Ben Colvill
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
Nick on restaurants
Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it in July 2025. At this time of year I like...
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
• 1 min read
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London wine merchant Swig has fallen for Italy in a big way, via convention-busting wines in the main.
Nelson Pari...
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A top vintage in this special part of the Tuscan coast where Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc thrive.
A...
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Priced out of Brunello? Walter finds that the latest Chianti Classico Gran Selezione wines can compete for less. Above, a...
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Even if outdone by the superb 2021, the 2022 Chianti Classicos are much better than expected. Come back tomorrow for...
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The third in the series, following similar guides to collecting bordeaux and wines from the rest of France. A shorter...
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Brunello di Montalcino’s vineyards are worth close to a million euros per hectare but, just next door, Monte Amiata, at...
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A legendary if c ontroversial force in Italian wine remembered.
Yesterday, Wednesday 17 January, Ezio Rivella, one of Italy’s most...
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Following on from yesterday's article on wines from the north, today Walter takes us to the centre and south of...
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Following on from his report on the just-released 2019 Brunellos, Walter revisits 2018. Above, vineyards in Montalcino's south towards Monte...
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Carrying on from Walter's Brunello 2019 overview and reviews of the estate wines, this collection of wines shows that quality...
Tasting articles
To accompany his Brunello 2019 vintage overview, here is the first instalment of Walter's tasting notes. Conti Costanti (pictured above...
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The venerable Biondi-Santi and Carlo Ferrini's pet project compared. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Wines of the week
An increasingly serious – and well-priced – white wine from the Tuscan coast.
From €11, $17, £19.95
Find this wine...
Wines of the week
A fragrant red with the brightness to match summer's last meals and the concentration to take the chill off autumn...
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Most wines are made to more or less the same recipe each year but the makers of two famous bordeaux...
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The result of hundreds of years' experience of Tuscan winegrowing examined. A version of this article is published by the...
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