
Richard Baudains
Decanter Magazine, Regional Chair for Veneto DWWA 2019
Richard Baudains was born and bred in Jersey in the Channel Islands and trained to be a teacher of English as a foreign language. After several years in various foreign climes, Baudains settled down in beautiful Friuli-Venezia Giulia, having had the good fortune to reside previously in the winemaking regions of Piemonte, Tuscany, Liguria and Trentino-Alto Adige. Baudains wrote his first article for Decanter in 1989 and has been a regular contributor on Italian wines ever since. His day job as director of a language school conveniently leaves time for a range of wine-related activities including writing for the Slow wine guide, leading tastings and lecturing in wine journalism at L’Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche and for the web-based Wine Scholars’ Guild.
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Prosecco: Discovering the drier side
Richard Baudains explores the reasons why these wines are becoming drier...
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Interview: Alois Lageder
Italy’s biodynamic champion is a fourth-generation winemaker who flirted with economics before finding his true calling among the vines...
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Top-tier Prosecco: Wines pushing the boundaries
See Richard Baudains' top 'rive' Prosecco wines...
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Under the radar: 12 unsung heroes of Italy
Italian wines that deserve more recognition...
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Panel Tasting: Brunello di Montalcino 2012
The warming climate is increasingly a factor in this revered corner of Tuscany, says Richard Baudains...
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Brunello di Montalcino 2012: Top wines and vintage review
See Richard Baudains' top wines from the vintage...
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Great Brunello producers to know about
Richard Baundains picks his favourites...
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Producer Profile: Fattoria dei Barbi
There are three excellent reasons for a visit...
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Producer profile: Baricci
Baricci have been making wine on this property since the 1950s...
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Producer profile: Biondi Santi
One of the ‘sanctuaries’ of Italian wine...
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Producer profile: Le Potazzine
An organic estate which is 'an oasis of calm'....
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Producer Profile: Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Donatella Cinelli Colombini is all about new beginnings...
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Producer Profile: Silvio Nardi
Immersed in the natural, untamed Tuscan countryside...
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Producer Profile: Siro Pacenti
These wines have a distinctive personality...
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Producer profile: Salvioni
A plot recognised as one of the great ‘crus’ of the village....
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Producer Profile: San Polino
Montalcino’s first certified organic estate.....
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Producer profile: Conti Costanti
One of the longest-established families in Montalcino...
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Toscana Rosso - the 'little brothers' of Tuscany
Second wines from the famous names of Tuscany...
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Chianti bids to join UNESCO world heritage club
Tuscan wine producers launch their bid...
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White surprise: Alto Adige Pinot Bianco
Richard Baudains attended the Alto Adige Pinot Bianco Symposium with low expectations and memories of watery, characterless whites. Totally wowed by the wines, he explains here what lies behind the transformation.