Articles
Best Catalan wines of 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 16-12-2019
We come to that time of year for the “100 Best Wines in the Whole Universe” or other similarly-named yet no less grandiose summaries in wine publications. Obviously,... more »
Corpinnat: Going forward
by Miquel Hudin | 11-12-2019
This article as well as “Corpinnat: Producers, profile, & terroir?” and the “Corpinnat 2020 Tasting Report” are a culmination of research following the events of: Corpinnat forming in... more »
Corpinnat: Producers, profile, & terroir?
by Miquel Hudin |
This article as well as “Corpinnat: Going forward” and the “Corpinnat 2020 Tasting Report” are a culmination of research following the events of: Corpinnat forming in 2018, the... more »
Anna Espelt on “Anna Espelt”
by Miquel Hudin | 09-12-2019
The Espelt winery sits just outside the village of Vilajuïga, Empordà (Catalunya) and it honestly hasn’t changed a great deal on the outside over the last seven or... more »
The terror of wine people gifting has arrived
by Miquel Hudin | 05-12-2019
Oh… sweet sweaty Bacchus, it’s happened again, hasn’t it? Thanksgivings in the US and Canada have passed along with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Impulse Buy Tuesday. And... more »
What the new DO Rueda classifications mean
by Miquel Hudin | 02-12-2019
DO Rueda has announced a hefty overhaul of their governing rules or pliego de condiciones. For a DO that most people think of in terms of, “White wines.... more »
Taking a look at Douro 2017 reds and 2018 whites
by Miquel Hudin | 28-11-2019
At the beginning of June I headed due west until there was no more west which is of course a fancy way to say I hopped across Iberia... more »
Kizikuri Tradiciuli: In search of Georgian terroir
by Miquel Hudin | 25-11-2019
“Would you like to go see our vineyard?” After many visits to Georgian wineries, it was the first time I’d had this question posed by a winemaker in... more »
A book review of “Corkscrew”
by Miquel Hudin | 21-11-2019
The pursuit of writing fiction set in the world of wine is a noble albeit generally futile one. I’ve reviewed previous attempts and it’s often the case that... more »
The wines of DO Empordà in 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 18-11-2019
I find it harder and harder to write about DO Empordà because the more I taste the wines, the clearer and more brilliant the definition of the region... more »