Articles
Recaredo’s Turó d’en Mota 2005 & 1999
by Miquel Hudin | 17-11-2016
If you know Cava and you don’t know the Turó d’en Mota from Recaredo, then you may be displeased to learn that you really don’t know Cava. This lengthy-aged sparkling wine from a single vineyard... more »
The new-old wine grapes for Catalonia
by Miquel Hudin | 14-11-2016
The Catalan wine institute, Incavi recently announced the approval of a batch of new grapes for use in Catalan wines. Now it’s up the various DO bodies to approve them as well, but this is... more »
Armenia’s Areni cave: The oldest wine cellar in the world
by Miquel Hudin | 11-11-2016 ~ 4 Comments
Going on a trip to experience Armenian wine, thanks to the Vine & Wine Foundation isn't really complete without a stop to the Areni-1 cave complex. This natural cave right next to the village of... more »
In The Glass: Vinyes d’en Gabriel – Cuvilà 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 09-11-2016
As I mentioned in the article about the vintage of 2014, it was not an easy year and a rough go for the winemakers. In general, there seemed to be two camps in dealing with... more »
A review of “Priorat” (The Movie!)
by Miquel Hudin | 07-11-2016 ~ 7 Comments
The opening night of the Most Festival saw the premiere of, "Priorat" a documentary created to tell the story of the rebirth of a wine region that nearly faded in to the sands of time.... more »
Finding ’14 & La Festa de la Verema
by Miquel Hudin | 04-11-2016
Two years back, I wrote an account of the 2014 harvest which is where the photo above was from. It was nasty. What wasn't desiccated was full of botrytis or then underripe and green. It... more »
An introduction to Armenian wines
by Miquel Hudin | 01-11-2016 ~ 5 Comments
Armenia, along with Georgia, Azerbaijan, Northern Iran, and Eastern Turkey all form this "Cradle of Wine" region in the Caucasus Mountains where we currently believe the winemaking we know today to have started. Georgia has... more »
Real World wines
by Miquel Hudin | 31-10-2016
Old World wine regions can be summed up as "Europe" and then New World wine regions are essentially everything else. This is a pretty classic definition of wine and has seen us placing Bordeaux, France... more »
Abadal – 3.9 2011
by Miquel Hudin | 29-10-2016
There are some DOs in Catalonia that are relatively unknown such as, Pla de Bages. Located very close to Barcelona, this lesser known aspect is due not to the amount of production but the fact... more »
Traditional kvevri opening
by Miquel Hudin | 21-10-2016
[vimeo 188176051] While traversing across all of Georgia for a new wine book, I saw many things and then, when I arrived to the "Ancestral Wine Cellar" in Kakheti, I saw a few more. The... more »