Andrea Briccarello

Such an impressive wine. So much potential in southern Chilean reds from slightly cooler areas made in an elegant and refreshing style 👏🍷

In his latest report from Sicily @vinodeano travels to the remote island of Pantelleria to discover how @DonnafugataWine makes Ben Ryé – one of the world’s top sweet wines; Also he visits Camporeale and Monreale for some top IGT Siciliana tips. Click the-buyer.net/people/produce…

The new owners of Ca D’Gal are producing fabulous, niche, artisanal wines especially Moscato D’Asti, traditionally made and aged under sand for five years. We visited them to discover why Moscato in particular has proved such a focus. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/m…

Exciting new styles of Verdejo and Albariño coming out from @RamonBilbao in Rueda and Mar de Frades in Rías Baixas – two new wines both aged for four years (wood and concrete), an orange, sparkling cuvées plus a dessert Albariño. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/r…

Garda DOC is only 8 years young but has set the punchy target of doubling production from 20 to 40m bottles a year. Reporting back from the 3rd Garda Wine Stories conference we look at strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for this new wine brand. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/insight/wine-t…

The ever-inventive Pasqua Wines has teamed up with London’s Saatchi Gallery for a new arts exhibition that has major artists sharing views on sustainability. Why do the arts matter to Pasqua and how does this tie up with its hopes for the future? Click thebuyer.vercel.app/insight/pasqua…

Antinori’s new wine is called Arso which will get a giggle in some countries. But they may well have the last laugh – this is a new 100% Cab Franc from their Bocca di Lupo estate in Puglia that hopes to emulate Super Tuscan, Tignanello. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

What an eye-opening tasting! Nine Italian producers from Alto Adige presenting fresh, complex, lower alcohol red Alpine wines made from Vernatsch (aka Schiava). Lovely elegant wines that need to be on every sommelier’s and wine buyer's radar. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

Two new wines from Tuscany’s San Felice – a Chard./SB blend called In Avane & Chianti Classico Borgo. We talked to winemaker Leonardo Bellaccini about the thinking behind the wines & how the estate is coping with climate change, particularly in the cellar. thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

Eight Italian winemakers including Vietti, Pelissero, Berlucchi, Pedemontis and Michele Chiarlo showed off a glorious 66 wines to wine buyers in London, Manchester and Glasgow on a roadshow called Italian Aperitivo. @JustinKeay picks the highlights. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

Eight Italian winemakers including Vietti, Pelissero, Berlucchi, Pedemontis and Michele Chiarlo showed off a glorious 66 wines to wine buyers in London, Manchester and Glasgow on a roadshow called Italian Aperitivo. We pick the highlights. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine-/…

In a dramatic change of career, former porn star Natalie Oliveros (Savanna Samson) turned her hand to making wine in Montalcino and her new release, which includes three Brunellos, heralds a new chapter for the La Fiorita wine estate she owns and manages. thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine/l…

Séverine Frerson, the Chef de Cave at Maison Perrier-Jouët, has the ultimate challenge ahead of her: to meld up to 500 different wines (vins clairs) into a single non-vintage @perrierjouet bottle. How does she match house style? Fascinating insight. the-buyer.net/people/produce…

Krug’s new Les Créations de 2011, features the 2011 vintage plus the 167th Edition of the Grande Cuvée. To get under the skin of how Krug makes these wines so special Leona De Pasquale met up with cellar master Julie Cavil who exlains the process. Click thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine/c…

Chocolat author Joanne Harris helped launch the new Biondi-Santi vintage - part of a fascinating marketing project where the Tuscan wine estate collaborates with high profile authors. We met Harris, winery chief Giampiero Bertolini & taste the new wines. thebuyer.vercel.app/tasting/wine/c…

❗IDENTITY SOUGHT❗ Do you recognise either of these two suspects? Their identity is sought in relation to causing criminal damage to a shop, whilst outside Kenton Estate Agents, High Street, Bromley. Identifications to SNMailbox-.SocialMedia@met.police.uk Ref: 3300160/23

New owners, new look, 26 new wine estates and so many fascinating wines and estates to talk about at the @hnwines tasting. @TweetaDean talks to the new kids on the block and picks the wines that stood out on the day. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/h…

Do you recognise these men? We need to speak to them in connection with an assault near Victoria Street during a protest on 11 November. Two people were assaulted, and a man was left with injuries requiring hospital treatment. Anyone with info should call 101 with ref 6581039/23.

Orma may be one of the lesser known Super Tuscans but, with Ornellaia to the right and Sassiscaia to the left, the Moretti Cuseri family hopes to change all that and leave a 'footprint' on the Bolgheri wine region. We taste new and old vintages. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/m…

Winemakers in Valpolicella have started listening to the changes in consumer taste – from making big, bold extracted wines with high alcohol, to wines with greater elegance and finesse. So what does this mean for one of Italy’s greatest red wines, Amarone? the-buyer.net/people/produce…