Articles
Tasting around Annandale
by Miquel Hudin | 21-03-2012
The Annandale estate, just off the namesake Annadale Road was established in 1688, making it one of the oldest in the Helderberg Valley region. It displays this age wonderfully as large, sweeping willows grace the... more »
Climbing the terraces of Hugas de Batlle
by Miquel Hudin | 15-03-2012
Without a doubt, it had to be the dumbest time in recent history to be traipsing about the mountains of upper Empordà. While the Tramuntana is a wind that blows all year long, it was... more »
Finding Matković Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 12-03-2012
The Croatian postal system has this ‘fun’ tendency to put smaller towns in to a bigger town’s postal code. Well, actually, most of Europe does this. But, in the case of Matković who is the... more »
In The Glass: Aldea de Buscarós 2007 Broc
by Miquel Hudin | 04-03-2012
This is a tasty bottle we came across last week. Aldea de Buscarós is a new winery in Empordà on an old farm estate west of the small mountain village of Capmany. Secluded and tranquil,... more »
All above Espelt
by Miquel Hudin | 29-02-2012
Producing 1.5 million liters of wine a year from 250 hectares, there is little that is small about the family winery of Espelt. The last time we were there was about five years ago in... more »
Vi de pagès, the natural wines of Calonge
by Miquel Hudin | 17-02-2012
In Catalonia, they call it “vi de pagès”. Literally, this means “peasants’ wine” and honestly that doesn’t sound terribly appetizing. But, a better translation to understand the whole process in English is “natural wine”. That’s... more »
Miličić wines, with video!
by Miquel Hudin | 13-02-2012
Miličić is an easy winery to find in Potomje, as it’s quite big and continues to get bigger. The amazing thing about this is that Pavo Miličić isn’t starting with the foundations of a former... more »
Enjoying Plovac Mali and other Croatian islandisms
by Miquel Hudin | 03-02-2012
Something that is to be expected, yet still surprising when traversing the Croatian islands of Dalmatia, is the change in language. The dialects of Croatian will actually shift in very large degrees from island to... more »
Welmoed: Everything collected under one roof
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2012
Calling themselves the “the company of wine people”, Welmoed is one of those wineries that offers pretty much something for everyone with a massive selection. They’re not an estate winery, but a co-op and as... more »
Reusing wine bottles… at the winery
by Miquel Hudin | 30-01-2012
In these times of more active ecology in all facets of life, I have often wondered as to why we don’t recycle our wine bottles. Naturally, a great many of us divert them from the... more »