Articles
Best Catalan wines of 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 12-12-2022
Here we find ourselves bumbling into the end of the year and, as I’ve done in past years, it’s time to take a look at the best wines in Catalunya that I’ve tasted in 2022.... more »
Five wines from Penedès to know right now
by Miquel Hudin | 30-06-2022
Following is a curated selection of wines derived from the most-recent DO Penedès report. I’d hate to refer to them as “picks for the summer” but admittedly, four out of the five wines are whites... more »
Finding Clímax in Can Ràfols dels Caus
by Miquel Hudin | 11-09-2020
In tasting samples for articles about the Penedès region, the wines from one winery would continually appear in the top. For an article about the white wines in Penedès, “La Calma” was one of the... more »
Xarel·lo: A modern rockstar
by Miquel Hudin | 05-06-2020
Xarel·lo is the only grape in the world spelled with a (·) or punt volat, something of a thumb to the nose of “the man”. Then it, proudly presents a middle finger to all English... more »
The white wines of Penedès
by Miquel Hudin | 07-02-2017
A logical starting point in any article about Catalan white wines is DO Penedès. They are by far the largest wine producing region in Catalonia and 80% of what they produce is in the form... more »