Chianti Rùfina: regional profile plus top wines worth seeking out
Chianti Rùfina offers quality, characterful red wines of superb value and great consistency.
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Tuscany's best recent vintages plus the top wines to try
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Ornellaia: a masterclass in elegance
A Decanter Virtual Masterclass from the cellars of Ornellaia...
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Brunello di Montalcino 2004: a retrospective
Have you got any of these 50 wines in your cellar?
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Great value Chianti under £20
Try one of these Chianti wines under £20...
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Brunello di Montalcino: The 10 must-know estates
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Chianti Classico Riserva & Gran Selezione 2015 & 2016: Panel tasting results
What is it that distinguishes these two highest-quality categories from the rest?
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Montalcino: A wine and food lover's guide
Monty Waldin shares his little black book of places to stay, eat and taste wines...
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Chianti Classico 2010 Riserva & Gran Selezione: Panel tasting results
Our judges tasted 75 wines and discovered how well they have aged...
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Brunello's new generation: six top producers and their wines
Tuscan wine specialist Monty Waldin picks six to watch in Montalcino...
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Exploring the nine towns of Chianti Classico
Getting to know Chianti Classico is all in the detail...
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What has Gran Selezione done for Chianti?
Four years on from the first release of Chianti Classico’s top-tier Gran Selezione wines, Monty Waldin assesses the ongoing debate around the classification
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The making of Montalcino
Should Brunello be made more like a Burgundy or a Bordeaux?
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Brunello di Montalcino winemakers sign biodiversity pact
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Primitivo: A return to the old ways
Primitivo is practically synonymous with Puglia and the south of Italy. Yet it is taking a plucky band of pioneers to re-establish it in its truest form, as a bush vine. Monty Waldin reports
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Brunello: The many crus of Montalcino
Its origins are based solely around the city of Montalcino, but there’s more than one style of Brunello. And there’s no better way to understand this intriguing wine than to seek out the single-vineyard expressions, says Monty Waldin
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Brunello di Montalcino producers split over sub-zones
Debate is growing on whether to carve the home of Brunello di Montalcino into a series of sub-zones to help consumers better understand subtle differences between the wines.
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Tenuta di Argiano sold
Montalcino estate Tenuta di Argiano, one of the largest Brunello producers, has been sold to a group of international investors.
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Chateau Monty - wine writer buys vineyard
Approaching 40 and tiring of life as a wine writer, Monty Waldin decided the time was ripe to put previous experience to good use, buy his own vineyard and become a winemaker. The question was, where?
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Apalta Valley: Valley of the Kings
The dramatic Apalta Valley is one of Chile's newest regions to produce quality wines, especially from Syrah and Carmenère. MONTY WALDIN meets the top producers
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The organic wine gamble
With healthy eating – and drinking – all the rage, MONTY WALDIN investigates why some organic wines may be better for you than others
