French Wines
The vineyards of Belleville Park in Paris
by Miquel Hudin | 12-08-2013 ~ 1 Comment
For those that have walked about the Belleville neighborhood in Paris, you know it to be something of a varied and colorful neighborhood. It lacks that grand "Parisian" quality that so many lend to the... more »
A life sans caviste is not living at all
by Editorial | 09-08-2013 ~ 3 Comments
There are two definitions for the French word, "caviste". The first is the enological one in that it is the person in charge of the cellar. The second would be easy to translate simply as... more »
Un món de vi/Un monde de vin
by Editorial | 26-04-2013
The battle lines have long been drawn in regards to the whole "natural wine" debate. While we've written about the growing trendiness of natural wine in Catalonia, the issues around this were further emphasized in... more »
Malbec in opposite poles of the world: Bordeaux and New Zealand
by Editorial | 14-03-2013 ~ 2 Comments
This was originally posted on El Solà d'Ares, a blog by Catalan wine and olive oil craftsman, Antoni Sánchez-Ortiz who is working in New Zealand right now. He's also the enolog behind the fantastic Melis... more »
Muscadet! Hemming decries as the hipsters re-tumblrate
by Miquel Hudin | 04-03-2013
In a recent article, Richard Hemming on Jancis Robinson's site stated, "Every cheap Pinot Grigio or branded Sauvignon Blanc we default to is a vote against Muscadet". His point wasn't so much that Muscadet is... more »
The Torroja harvest tasting
by Editorial | 02-11-2012 ~ 4 Comments
I was fortunate enough to be in Priorat during the fall harvest party (or festa de la verema) that was put on by L'Infernal and Terroir al Límit this last week, in the small village... more »
The sweet, irrational fear
by Miquel Hudin | 30-10-2012
We came across this article the other day and were dismayed by its opening lines: Who’s afraid of sweet wine? Nearly everyone — except, perhaps, the people who make it. It's a rather unworldly thing... more »
In The Glass: Irouleguy Arrola 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 17-10-2012
This is a quite different wine than what we're generally used to as it's a Basque wine from the French side of Basque Country in the small town of Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry. This Arrola from Irouleguy is... more »
A taste of Salt & Old Vines
by Miquel Hudin | 18-09-2012
We came across this quite wonderful excerpt from a soon-to-be-written book titles, Salt & Old Vines at Unbound, a rather new website that uses a novel way to produce well, novels. ...There are two types... more »
The Mighty Marselan
by Miquel Hudin | 04-07-2012
It's only taken about half a century, but it seems that the wonderful little grape called Marselan is getting some recognition. In some roundabout way, I came across this article from last year. While it... more »