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The wine blog. Where from here?
by Miquel Hudin | 30-01-2018 ~ 3 Comments
To a great extent, I've become numb to shocking headlines over the last year and half. But despite the constantly being on the brink of nuclear war and shithole talk, when I read "Huffington Post... more »
Kazakhstani Saperavi (& Pinot Noir!) – Arba Assa Valley
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2018
Whenever visiting a region in the name of wine, I always try to push the public transportation option so as to reduce car congestion on country roads (ahem, Napa) and of course not worry about... more »
Wine Predictions for 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 20-01-2018
Sending out predictions for a year, three weeks into the year may seem a bit ridiculous but I needed to wait for statistics to come out in order to rate last year’s predictions. So, this... more »
The 2017 Wine Predictions in review
by Miquel Hudin | 18-01-2018
It’s one thing in wine to shoot your mouth off at the beginning of the year about what you believe will come to be in the next 12 months. In reality, it’s a crapshoot as... more »
Up the Douro & Quinta Nova
by Miquel Hudin | 16-01-2018
My mother’s family is of Portuguese descent and to honor this many years ago we opened a bottle of Vintage Port that my grandfather had brought back from Porto. The build up was intense and... more »
In The Glass: Markus Altenburger – Red 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 12-01-2018
Blaufränkisch and Plavac Mali were some of the first grapes I plunged into when starting to venture outside of my Californian safety net many years ago. It was however not the easiest grape for me... more »
The Grand Carignan Tasting
by Miquel Hudin | 08-01-2018
There existed a time when I was daft to the wiles and wonders of the grape, Carignan. Despite pockets of old vines in California it was essentially a lost variety. Little thought and even less... more »
Pure Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 01-01-2018
When I wrote about the passing of Zlatan Plenković last year, I made mention that his wines and in reality, a wine of Plavac Mali were largely responsible for moving me into a broader appreciation... more »