Articles

Bordeaux 2021, En Primeur
by Miquel Hudin | 18-05-2022
After three years away, the world’s wine professionals landed upon Bordeaux this spring for the (previously) annual En Primeur campaign covering the 2021 vintage. The general takeaway? Great... more »

The list of wine publications
by Miquel Hudin | 16-05-2022 ~ 2 Comments
For those who like to support quality wine writing (which of course cannot be done for free) here's an updated list of all the subscription wine publications currently... more »

In The Glass: Sainte Croix – Celèstra 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 12-05-2022
One evening I was rummaging about the cellar and stumbled upon this wine from Sainte Croix in the Corbières AOC of Languedoc, France. It admittedly had been there... more »

Ukrainian wine, at a fragile moment
by Miquel Hudin | 10-05-2022
Since February 24th 2022, the world has quickly learned a great deal more about Europe’s second-largest country, Ukraine. Most notably will be our profound admiration for the Ukrainians’... more »

The wines of DO Penedès 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 09-05-2022
The DO Penedès has been on the move lately. The biggest news of course is their ten-year plan where they’ve set up a system under the Vi de... more »

Solidarity tasting for Ukraine
by Miquel Hudin | 06-05-2022
On Monday, May 16th at 18:15 at the CETT school in Barcelona, enologist Blanca Ozcariz is organizing a benefit tasting with all funds destined to the World Central... more »

Priorat’s Fira del Vi exceeds all expectations
by Miquel Hudin | 04-05-2022
What is perhaps one of the biggest wine events in all of Catalunya or least the biggest for the Priorat region is the annual Fira de Vi that... more »

Bopping up to Beaujolais
by Miquel Hudin | 02-05-2022
I'm always saying that I never drink enough wines from so and so region because it's the truth. I've only one life with one liver. On top of... more »

The Vinha Centenária of Quinta Nova
by Miquel Hudin | 29-04-2022
I’ve enjoyed getting to know the Douro Valley more in recent years, especially in following the evolution of Quinta Nova. A producer of both fine dry wines as... more »

A taste of Fiddlehead & talk with Kathy Joseph
by Miquel Hudin | 27-04-2022
If you work in the wine trade, Fiddlehead Cellars is very much a known entity. As one of the founding wineries of Sta. Rita Hills AVA in Southern... more »