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Cava Rovellats, Penedès, Catalunya

by  |  31-01-2025

The winery of Rovellats has an extensive enotourism offer which is how I actually first came into contact with them about 10 years ago via a very weird situation of having to fill in on... more »

A gastronomic look at calçots & wine

by  |  30-01-2025

When seeing a field of calçots for the first time, I think most people who know something about vegetables will have their first reaction be, “Oh, onions.” The lackluster response wouldn’t be wrong on the... more »

A fine selection of DOQ Priorat wines, under 30€

by  |  28-01-2025

One of the great thing about the readers of this publication is that from time to time they’ll write in with questions or ideas. This is always welcome (send a note!) as while there’s no... more »

Two side of Vignerons Saint Marc-Canteperdrix

by  |  23-01-2025

Cooperatives are a century-old winemaking tradition in Europe that never ceases to amaze me. They were born of necessity in the difficult times of the late 19th and early 20th century, but have since morphed... more »

Muscàndia renames to Viader, leaves DO Cava

by  |  21-01-2025

In what marks another loss for the embattled Spanish Denomination of Origin Cava, the sparkling producer, Muscàndia has announced that as of December 2024, they have parted ways with Cava. In speaking with director, Eduard... more »

Goodbye Twitter & Facebook. Hello upstarts.

by  |  20-01-2025 ~ 1 Comment

With the publication of this article, the Twitter and Facebook accounts/pages for Hudin.com and myself, are completely deleted. I realize it might be hard for those in the wine world to give up these platforms.... more »

The Catalan Vi Novell wines of 2024

by  |  17-01-2025

The time has arrived to taste the wines of the Vi Novell association for 2024 which you can view as a Tasting Report here. This apparently marks a half decade that I’ve been following their... more »

Tres Sabores – Rutherford Perspective Zinfandel 2022

by  |  14-01-2025

I’ve surfed many waves in San Francisco. Unfortunately none of them were in the water, but instead economically in this expensively-fickle city. I think it was perhaps the Big One in 2008/09 that really did... more »

La cuesta de enero 2025

by  |  07-01-2025

While this series had a couple of early starts, it truly came into being two years ago, in 2023. It was something created to "celebrate" the general rise in prices across Spain, but it seems... more »