Articles
1999 Vintage in Priorat vs. Châteauneuf-du-Pape
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2021
While my memory is less amazing with each birthday, I can tell you exactly where I was at the beginning of 1999. Two friends came down from my... more »
The definitive wine guide for Valentine’s Day
by Miquel Hudin | 12-02-2021
Hot on the tails of the Definitive Wine Guide for Thanksgiving and the Definitive Wine Guide for Christmas, it’s high time to take on yet another holiday–the most... more »
Tasting Descendientes de J. Palacios 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 10-02-2021
Last October, in one of the few open windows for travel in between the lockdowns that we keep experiencing during this pandemic, I made a trip to Bierzo... more »
Scala Dei’s Artigots 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 08-02-2021
If visiting the 12th century monastery of La Cartoixa in the village of Escaladei, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the dirt road that wobbles up along the... more »
DO Tarragona gets a different taste of the bubbly
by Miquel Hudin | 05-02-2021
DO Tarragona has just announced significant changes to their Plec de Condicions which are working to shape their regulatory rules to reflect the current market trends of wine,... more »
A tasting of Sommos Garnacha
by Miquel Hudin | 03-02-2021
The last day I was up in Barbastro to research the Somontano Report, I visited Sommos to sit down with the winemaker, José Javier Echandi, over lunch and... more »
The wines of DO Somontano for 2021
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2021
Secreted away along a bend in the Vero River, Barbastro is a surprisingly large town of nearly 17,000 people in north-eastern Aragón. It’s historic as well, having been... more »
DOQ Priorat prepares to approve new varieties
by Miquel Hudin | 28-01-2021
News in the grape variety department this week revolved around the final approval given by the French INAO regulatory body approving six new varieties for use in Bordeaux.... more »
In The Glass: André Clouet Brut Millésimé 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2021
And now for something different as I don’t really drink much Champagne. I know, I know, it’s horridly sacrilegious as I’ve been told repeatedly by many a colleague... more »
An update on Priorat’s Vall Llach winery destruction
by Miquel Hudin | 25-01-2021
As was reported on January 10th, the primary cellar holding nearly all the wines of Vall Llach in Porrera collapsed under the weight of snow from “Storm Filomena”.... more »