Californian Wines
The wines of Napa Valley 2025
by Miquel Hudin | 06-02-2025
To taste the wines of Napa Valley is for me, a taste of fond melancholy. This is perhaps a strange comment for most people to hear, but it’s because I have a personal relationship to... 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 Big One in 2008/09 that really did... more »
Cain and persistence through ashes
by Miquel Hudin | 11-07-2024
I was seeing my family for Christmas in 2021, but I was also seeing the harsh realities of making wine in California in these modern times. A light rain misted the road as I arrived... more »
A book review of, the “Slow Wine Guide USA 2024”
by Miquel Hudin | 22-04-2024
And so arrives the newest release of the Slow Wine Guide USA 2024. For those unfamiliar with the whole "Slow" brand, to rewind a bit, Slow Food was founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini to... more »
Ridge Buchignani Ranch Carignane 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2024
I don’t understand why Carignan is so polemic. Anyone who’s a regular reader of this site knows that I’m a huge fan of the variety as shown with the large Carignan tasting I did awhile... more »
Mike Grgich / Miljenko Grgić
by Miquel Hudin | 18-12-2023
Two notable humans reached a century of existence this year, only to then depart from this crazy world. But, despite this tenuous link of both living to 100 years of age, I would however posit... more »
Ridge – Frediani Valdiguié 2021
by Miquel Hudin | 25-09-2023
When I was still working for a winery in Napa Valley many years ago now, my mom asked me, “Hey, what ever happened to Gamay Beaujolais? That was one of my favorite Napa wines, but... 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 California, winemaker Kathy Joseph and her wines... more »
The wines of Petaluma Gap AVA 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 08-03-2022
Napa Valley has long-claimed the wealth of headlines about California wine. The irony in this is that it produces but 4% of all wine in California each year. Sonoma County to the west of Napa... more »
Revisiting an urban favorite: Broc Cellars
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2022
Back in 2011, I was spending a good deal of time at a local San Francisco bar called, Koko Cocktails. Beyond enjoying a drink, my reasons for this were twofold. Number one with a bullet... more »