Cul de Cuvée
Cul de Cuvée 17-04-2021
by Editorial | 17-04-2021
A bluntly-curated selection of absolutely random recent bits from around the wine and drink world. The restaurant spoketh easy It’s been uncovered that secret restaurants have been serving people in private without the use of... more »
Sipping on Faroese & Finn Ginns
by Miquel Hudin | 12-04-2021
And now for something different… Gin. Right, everyone talks about Gin these days so it’s not really that different and thus one has to go out of their way to justify mentioning a bit about... more »
Not finding fault
by Miquel Hudin | 23-03-2021 ~ 2 Comments
A much-delayed visit to Raventós i Blanc in Penedès finally came to fruition last week as we just emerged from "county confinement" to "regional confinement". With a brilliant sun shining upon us after weeks of... more »
With wine information, you get what you pay for
by Miquel Hudin | 05-03-2021 ~ 6 Comments
A little while back on a wine professionals online forum I often interact with, someone asked a great question about where to get information for studying up on the region of Jura as she was... more »
Revisiting the disclosure issue in wine writing
by Miquel Hudin | 20-01-2021 ~ 8 Comments
The assault on journalism never stops. Just within the last week I've seen two grave ethical violations of purported "journalism" in wine, and these are but the latest examples... One was an article about Georgian... more »
Riedel me this!
by Henry Jeffreys | 12-01-2021
I have a guilty secret that I’ve been hiding from the wine world. No, it’s not a sneaking admiration for white Zinfandel, it’s far more embarrassing than that. The truth is that I prefer drinking... more »
Coravin Model Five/Six vs the Model Two
by Miquel Hudin | 21-12-2020
I’ve been using the Coravin system profusely for a few years now. While I don’t own a wine bar or a winery (two of the best use cases), it serves me exceedingly well to taste... more »
Vischoqueña, el Valle de Cinti, & Bolivian wines
by Miquel Hudin | 04-05-2020
There has thankfully emerged a subset amongst wine geeks who are those with the curiosity to seek out this fine beverage being made in any and every corner of the world, whether that be near... more »
The “Anchor Wine” concept
by Miquel Hudin | 01-04-2020
In Spanish, there’s the saying, empezar la casa por el tejado, “start the house from the roof down” which basically means that you’re finishing at the end and haven’t set a proper foundation and you’re... more »
Wines for la Cuesta de Enero/Uphill January
by Miquel Hudin | 02-01-2020
To all who have survived family and the holidays, well done. Now we arrive to the cold, murky days of January, probably broke, or at at least a bit broken. You probably don’t even want... more »