Articles
Domaine Lafage, Roussillon, France
by Miquel Hudin | 26-04-2024
These are a selection of the current releases from Domaine Lafage, one of the motors that makes the Roussillon region go. And note that they’ve been ‘retconned’ back... more »
Herència Altés – La Serra Blanc 2020
by Miquel Hudin | 24-04-2024
People are often of the opinion that the concept of assigning a score to a wine is at best a parlor trick and at worst, utter bullshit. How... more »
A book review of, the “Slow Wine Guide USA 2024”
by Miquel Hudin | 22-04-2024
And so arrives the newest release of the Slow Wine Guide USA 2024. For those unfamiliar with the whole "Slow" brand, to rewind a bit, Slow Food was... more »
Bodega Laus 2023s, DO Somontano, Spain
by Miquel Hudin | 18-04-2024
Here are the current releases for Bodegas Laus, a winery which I was first introduced to for the last DO Somontano report. While they have one aged, ‘Crianza’... more »
A taste of Beaujolais
by Miquel Hudin | 16-04-2024
With the Jura Tasting, it was important to look at how they’re making wines that are something of a Burgundy+. By that I mean there’s something similar to... more »
The wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2024
by Miquel Hudin | 11-04-2024
A lot of water has passed under the collective bridges of life since my previous Châteauneuf-du-Pape report. As I arrived there in 2022, mere days after Russia invaded... more »
Your Madrid caviste
by Miquel Hudin | 08-04-2024
In Spain, the caviste doesn’t seem nearly as important as it does in France where the concept of a wine shop owner is much more central to life.... more »
Ridge Buchignani Ranch Carignane 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2024
I don’t understand why Carignan is so polemic. Anyone who’s a regular reader of this site knows that I’m a huge fan of the variety as shown with... more »
A taste of Jura
by Miquel Hudin | 03-04-2024
The wines of Jura are probably some of the easiest in the wine world to understand… if you happen to work in the wine world. I fully admit... more »
Spain’s newest Vino de Pago: Rosalejo
by Miquel Hudin | 01-04-2024
Following upon the news of Spain's newest DO in a decade and a half granted to Campo de Calatrava is its newest PDO for a Vino de Pago... more »