Articles
Crowdfunding Cepas de la Culebra
by Miquel Hudin | 30-09-2015
The term "sharing economy" really and truly needs to die and most things associated with it can go along for the ride. In this era of Uber and Airbnb, there is little that truly motivates... more »
Grenache Day 2015: Wines in review
by Editorial | 21-09-2015
In case you weren't aware, Grenache Day was on the 18th as it's the third Friday of every September. It's a way to promote the profile of the Grenache grape by the Grenache Association as... more »
Drinking 240 year-old Sherry will land you in jail
by Miquel Hudin | 19-09-2015
During a tour through Crimea by Russian president/leader-for-life Vladimir Putin and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (who all British press add "disgraced" to the beginning of) they apparently drank a very rare bottle of... more »
In The Glass: González Puras – Crianza 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 18-09-2015
It's the case that I've been tasting a decent swath of wines from Rioja lately. This is mainly just to see what's out there these days as in general, I stay quite uninformed as to... more »
The vertical of the Vall Llachs
by Miquel Hudin | 15-09-2015
On Saturday, August 29th, Albert Costa, the co-owner and winemaker of Vall Llach in Porrera along with famous folk singer and co-owner Lluís Llach, Priorat held a press tasting that featured a vertical of every... more »
Recaredo’s Turó d’en Mota
by Miquel Hudin | 07-09-2015
It seems that despite visiting Recaredo several times, I keep forgetting to write about their top-end wine and property called, Turó d'en Mota. For anyone who visits Recaredo (and out of all the Cava makers... more »
A tasty sample of Moroccan wine
by Miquel Hudin | 04-09-2015
In July I was able to experience the summer in Morocco (it's damned hot), Ramadan (everything is closed and people are really tired), and the wines which you can see a much large profile of,... more »
Young Priorat winemaker heads to Morocco
by Miquel Hudin | 02-09-2015
“Farid, what’s this stick across my seat for?” “Oh that… it’s for the snakes. Unfortunately here in Morocco, they’re all poisonous but since we’re already at 42C this morning, I don’t think there’ll be any... more »