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Top 100 Wines of Italy
James Suckling posts his Top 100 Italian Wines for 2021 including Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva and Marcarini Barolo “La Serra”
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Our Top 100 Wines
James Suckling posts his Top 100 Wines for 2021 including Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2016
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Great Value Wines: 11 Vino Nobile di Montepulcianos Under $30
Not so different from Barolo, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano has a glorious history to recount. In his 1865 poem “Bacchus in Tuscany,” the Italian physician and poet Francesco Redi praised the local Montepulciano pour as “the King of Wines,”
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Rating new Barolos: Friendly and Rich 2017s Make an Impression
Winemakers in Barolo are just as surprised as I am about the quality of their nebbiolos from the 2017 vintage, considering the high temperatures and drought conditions for most of the summer in the Langhe and other parts of Italy. Yet, most of the almost 360 Barolos from the vintage…
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Our Top 100 Barolo from 2018 to 2020
We have been professionally rating Barolos since the early 2000s and drinking them for a lot longer, and we can’t think of a better time than now to buy and drink the king of Italian wines. The dynamic duo of the 2016 and 2015 vintages have just arrived in the…
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Piedmont Shines with Releases, Especially Barolo 2016
You are going to find some great bottles right now if a trip to a wine shop, or a visit online, means buying wine from Italy’s Piedmont region. First, plenty of new and classic quality 2016 Barolos and Barbarescos are now available and they are reminiscent of the excellent and…
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2015: Brunello’s Fairy-Tale Vintage
The 2015 vintage is a historical year for Brunello di Montalcino that nobody should miss. The wines show impressive precision of vivid fruit, fine tannins and freshness in acidity despite their ripeness and richness which makes them some of the most exciting in years. Winemakers in Montalcino were never better…
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Travel Log #9: First Impressions of 2015 Brunello
My son Jack and I spent this past weekend tasting a few dozen 2015 Brunellos from top producers in Montalcino while visiting vineyards and cellars. We came away with a pretty awesome opinion of the vintage, which will be released in January 2020. We also organized a dinner for 42…
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