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Tasting articles 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

Inside information Barolo 2022 – vintage report

A pleasant surprise, showing more nuance and complexity than initially expected. Above, a view of Serralunga d’Alba. 2022 is widely considered a hot vintage for large parts of the north...

Walter Speller Monday 29 December 2025 • 1 min read

Inside information Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging

Walter Speller Monday 22 December 2025 • 1 min read

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Brunello 2021 – the single-vineyard and selezione wines

The wines Brunello producers are most proud of from the 2021 vintage, assessed. See also Walter’s overview of the vintage...

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Brunello 2021 – the estate wines

Following Walter’s overview of the vintage last Friday, here’s the first instalment of his wine reviews. Above, Leonardo Berti, winemaker...

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Brunello vintage 2021 – new reference points for Montalcino

Montalcino has finally produced a map of its vineyards but 2021 reveals the producers that triumph irrespective of geography. Such...

Domaine Saint-Germain vineyard in St-Pierre d’Albigny

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What are Alpine wines?

Varieties that leap over mountains with no regard for geopolitical borders make definitions tricky, says Wink Lorch. Above, a vineyard...

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Chianti Classico grows up

Tuscany’s wine heartland is going back to its roots, and scaling new heights. A shorter version of this article is...

Panzano with the Conca d'Oro in the foreground

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A cornucopia of Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico is such a fine wine – here’s the proof. Above, Panzano with the Conca d’Oro in the foreground...

Nick on restaurants

A long weekend in Tuscany

Restaurant recommendations in Florence and the Chianti Classico hills. Above, the friendly wine bar In Vino Veritas. Three nights in...

Beyond Bordeaux 2025 tasting at the Raffles Hotel Singapore

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Beyond Bordeaux in 2025

Some of the world’s more ambitious, and ambitiously priced, wines – those offered this year on the Bordeaux Place. Above...

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Tariffs head to Supreme Court, ketchup pays more than wine, alcohol guideline report shelved

Plus, Italy is on schedule to become the largest wine producer in the world in 2025. Also, news on how...

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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...

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Barolo veteran Lorenzo Accomasso dies

Walter remembers a legendary Barolo producer as difficult as he was talented. Sometimes when you hear that someone has passed...

Sophia Longhi: 'View of trulli in Alberobello, Valle d'Itria, Puglia'

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WWC25 – Time for Susumaniello, by Sophia Longhi

Wine communicator Sophia Longhi writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Susumaniello, one of southern Italy's most...

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WWC25 – Cesanese: an apology, by Alessandro Sgariglia

Seychelles-based sommelier Alessandro Sgariglia writes this heartfelt entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Cesanese, a central Italian grape...