Richard Baudains

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.

Valpolicella wine grapes

Super venetians: Valpolicella

A number of Valpolicellan producers are going down the Super Tuscan route, stepping outside the DOC appellation. Richard Baudains charts the different styles of premium wines being made

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