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A neighborhood tasting at Biondivino
by Miquel Hudin | 11-05-2011 ~ 1 Comment
On the West Coast of the US, in this day and age of supermarket wine shopping, it's often very hard to find places to buy wine that have that personal touch and where the very... more »
An update on Dalmatian vintages
by Miquel Hudin | 25-04-2011
We had to scramble with Daniel Pedisich to meet up for a tasting of the wines he imports which in addition to our previous tasting in NYC will all go in to the update for... more »
Sampling Crljenak/Tribidrag
by Miquel Hudin | 20-04-2011
Crljenak Kaštelanski, also known as Tribidrag is not the easiest wine to find --at least in Croatia. In California, it's Zinfandel and in Italy, it's Primitivo. These are pretty much household names at this point.... more »
Murray Hill Girl Wine
by Miquel Hudin | 10-04-2011
We had to get to bed early on our first night in NYC because the next day, we had a tasting for the update to Vinologue Dalmatia with this Croat fellow named Krešo who works... more »
That Primitivo, Crljenak, Zinfandel feeling
by Miquel Hudin | 07-03-2011
Shockingly, this promo video for Paso Robles wine is not only amazingly accurate, but also quite funny covering the origins of Californian Zinfandel from Croatia and Italy all in the format of the Old Spice... more »
Visiting the one and only Capmany
by Miquel Hudin | 20-02-2011
Capmany (the 'ny' is just like an ñ and is not 'many') is your typical village up in the northeastern reaches of Catalonia. You wind along some twisty road in the hills and suddenly you... more »
Still Catalan in Celler Generi
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2011
This cellar was one that we really had no intention of visiting as we'd never actually heard about it. It's in a small town called Agullana which is more known for its water than its... more »
The joys of bulk wine
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2011
There's nothing sophisticated about it. You walk in to a winery like Empordàlia and go straight to the back of the place. There, you will find the massive 10,000 or 25,000 liter stainless steel tanks... more »
A breakdown of Bermet
by Elia VS | 25-01-2011
Bermet is a sweet wine that is a specialty of northern Serbia's Fruška Gora wine region, in the Vojvodina province that, while originally produced to be medicinal (like the original digestifs), is an interesting infused... more »
Explaining Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 14-01-2011
So, what is Plavac Mali? Where is Plavac Mali? How do you even say, Plavac Mali? Let's take a look at all of these items as we delve in detail into this particular grape which... more »