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Celebrating a fine, fifth anniversary

by  |  09-09-2024 ~ 2 Comments

We're very excited to have arrived at the fifth anniversary of Hudin.com this week! To celebrate these exciting five years, we'd like to make a very special offer of 50% off subscriptions for only 15... more »

Tasting the 2020 Grandes Maisons of Burgundy

by  |  08-08-2024

It was somewhere around 80 of us who filed into the Château de Santenay of Domaine Philippe le Hardi on 21 March, 2024 during the week of Grands Jours de Bourgogne. Admittedly it felt like... more »

A word on scoring at Hudin.com

by  |  23-05-2024

For those who haven't seen it, please have a look at how we score wines on Hudin.com and also how the three-star scores that accompany the numerical ones are intended to function. We bring attention... more »

Top Shelf: Montecillo Viña Monty 1964

by  |  20-05-2024

It’s either hard to remember or we simply don’t want to, but there was this blurry, foul period in time wherein we were tasting wine and talking to people through our laptop and mobile screens.... more »

Spain’s newest DO: Campo de Calatrava

by  |  26-02-2024

In something of a surprising Valentine's Day "gift", on 14 February, Brussels approved Spain's newest denomination of origin, Campo de Calatrava. Located in the vast territory of Castilla-La Mancha around Ciudad Real (about 100km to... more »

Straight takes from Peter Sisseck

by  |  12-02-2024

When working on the Ribero del Duero Report last year, I made a stop to Pingus and was fortunate to be able to have a lengthy chat with owner, founder and head of everything, Peter... more »

The wines of DO Montsant 2023

by  |  19-06-2023

We arrive to this year’s report on DO Montsant and its accompanying Tasting Report of 100 wines which span the great wealth of quality wines on offer from the region. I say it with every... more »

A symposium on regenerative viticulture

by  |  24-05-2023

On May 16th, the third edition of the Regenerative Viticulture Symposium was held in Falset, Catalunya in the town’s old castle. For those who couldn’t attend in person, they filmed it and it can be... more »

Maturana Buena, Maturana Mala

by  |  13-02-2023

Tracking down the relationships of vitis vinifera varieties which comprise the grapes from which our wines are made is no easy task. Back in 2012, the book Wine Grapes took an impressive stab at researching... more »

La cuesta de enero 2023

by  |  04-01-2023

The exact meaning of “la cuesta de enero” doesn’t immediately translate to English as it’s literally, “the uphill January”. When taken in a Spain context, this is however, a struggle very much felt in the... more »