Articles
Muscàndia renames to Viader, leaves DO Cava
by Miquel Hudin | 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... more »
Goodbye Twitter & Facebook. Hello upstarts.
by Miquel Hudin | 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... more »
The Catalan Vi Novell wines of 2024
by Miquel Hudin | 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... more »
Tres Sabores – Rutherford Perspective Zinfandel 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 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... more »
La cuesta de enero 2025
by Miquel Hudin | 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... more »
Penedès sparkling wines
by Miquel Hudin | 17-12-2024
These are a couple of fine sparkling wines from the Penedès region of Catalunya with one being a surprise and the other, not. First, the non-surprise which is... more »
Pazo de la Cuesta, Ribeira Sacra
by Miquel Hudin | 12-12-2024
Here’s a look at the line of wines currently available from Pazo de la Cuesta. This is a very old estate in the Ribeira Sacra region of Galicia,... more »
Southern French Selections
by Miquel Hudin | 06-12-2024
Following are a few recent wines from the South of France that have been tasted. The Citius wines from Château Gasqui were quite reliable in delivering a fine... more »
Recaredo – Homenatge a Josep Mata Capellades 2004
by Miquel Hudin | 05-12-2024
I’m not sure why, but for some reason I recently went back and watched “The Big Lebowski” again and, in addition to the stellar cast’s ability to play... more »
The wines of Crémant de Bourgogne 2024
by Miquel Hudin | 03-12-2024
Over six years ago, it came to the attention of most everyone I knew in Spain that there was a Crémant de Bourgogne wine from Lidl at what... more »