Articles
Recaredo’s Turó d’en Mota
by Miquel Hudin | 07-09-2015
It seems that despite visiting Recaredo several times, I keep forgetting to write about their top-end wine and property called, Turó d'en Mota. For anyone who visits Recaredo... more »
A tasty sample of Moroccan wine
by Miquel Hudin | 04-09-2015
In July I was able to experience the summer in Morocco (it's damned hot), Ramadan (everything is closed and people are really tired), and the wines which you... more »
Young Priorat winemaker heads to Morocco
by Miquel Hudin | 02-09-2015
“Farid, what’s this stick across my seat for?” “Oh that… it’s for the snakes. Unfortunately here in Morocco, they’re all poisonous but since we’re already at 42C this... more »
Spotlight on Xarel·lo
by Miquel Hudin | 31-08-2015
While Xarel·lo (pronounced sha-rel-lu in Catalan) is a white grape widely planted in Catalonia, it is often easily dismissed as merely one part of the principal three grapes... more »
The new take on Castell of Cooperativa Falset Marçà
by Miquel Hudin | 26-08-2015
Sometime back I received this set of samples from the Cooperative of Falset Marçà in Priorat who fall under the auspices of DO Montsant. For those unfamiliar with... more »
Remelluri & Reserva 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 20-08-2015
While I generally focus on Catalan wines as I find them to be quite dynamic these days, I also try to review other regions of Spain and thus... more »
Ivory Coast, now Spain’s #1 export market in Africa
by Miquel Hudin | 18-08-2015
Naturally when one thinks about African wine, one thinks only about South African but of course that's not the only chapter in the book as there are wines... more »
In The Glass: Aixalà Alcait – Coster de l’Alzina 2011
by Miquel Hudin | 11-08-2015
There seems to be a codified response to winemakers choosing a name for their wine. They go simple and call it "negre" "rouge" or "red". They go brash... more »
Penedès, so fresh and so cold
by Miquel Hudin | 04-08-2015
I'm not going out on a limb to say that we've had more than our share of hot weather this summer. I suppose it's making up for the... more »
A taste of Lledoner Roig
by Miquel Hudin | 28-07-2015
As is the case with many old European wine grapes, Grenache Gris has a number of synonyms but one of the names you very rarely hear is "Lledoner... more »