Articles
English Marriage
by Miquel Hudin | 12-12-2012
There are times when, as an English speaker, you visit a winery in a non-Anglophone country and see that they've made some effort to have their brochures or wine labels in English. This can be... more »
Portal del Priorat: Siuralta 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 03-12-2012
One of the wineries we were really looking forward to visit during our research for the upcoming Vinologue Priorat guide was Portal del Priorat. It took some time to meet up with owner Alfredo Arribas,... more »
This is the end
by Miquel Hudin | 30-11-2012
And so, as winter quickly sets in, two months of research draw to a close in DOQ Priorat. During this time we've been based in the village of Gratallops and have gotten to know the... more »
Up high with Mas Martinet
by Editorial | 27-11-2012
Just recently, we visited Mas Martinet for our forthcoming Priorat guide. It was a bit down the road from the village of Gratallops where we pulled in to their cellar and were immediately greeted by... more »
A creative tasting at Clos 93
by Miquel Hudin | 20-11-2012
When you have less to work with, you make what you have count. This is often the case when we encounter small cellars that are just getting started out and they want to let people... more »
Respect your elders: Scala Dei’s Cartoixa 1975
by Miquel Hudin | 18-11-2012
It's not often that that chance arrives to taste a wine that predates your arrival on this planet by several years and would have been a wine your parents would have drank in their 30s,... more »
‘Tis the season for Tasta Porrera
by Editorial | 16-11-2012 ~ 1 Comment
This past Saturday was the Tasta Porrera event in, yes you've guessed it, the small village of Porrera in Priorat, Catalonia. It was put on by the very sensibly named, Association of the wineries of... more »
And Fall comes to the Priorat
by Editorial | 15-11-2012
A couple of days ago, we were taking an evening stroll through the old vineyards of Celler Castellet when some lingering grapes amongst the fading leaves presented themselves for a photo. As the research time... more »
In The Glass: Can Feliu Binerbo 2006
by Miquel Hudin | 13-11-2012
This is an interesting wine from Can Feliu that comes by way of DO Pla i Llevant on the island of Mallorca. It sees 13 months of aging, but what's quite interesting is that it's... more »
The endless oak
by Miquel Hudin | 11-11-2012
We came across the sea of oak barrels at Torres Priorat the other day while researching our Priorat guide. Amazingly, while the cellar is full of oak, the wines aren't completely blanketed with it--a large... more »