Articles
Up the Douro & Quinta Nova
by Miquel Hudin | 16-01-2018
My mother’s family is of Portuguese descent and to honor this many years ago we opened a bottle of Vintage Port that my grandfather had brought back from... more »
In The Glass: Markus Altenburger – Red 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 12-01-2018
Blaufränkisch and Plavac Mali were some of the first grapes I plunged into when starting to venture outside of my Californian safety net many years ago. It was... more »
The Grand Carignan Tasting
by Miquel Hudin | 08-01-2018
There existed a time when I was daft to the wiles and wonders of the grape, Carignan. Despite pockets of old vines in California it was essentially a... more »
Pure Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 01-01-2018
When I wrote about the passing of Zlatan Plenković last year, I made mention that his wines and in reality, a wine of Plavac Mali were largely responsible... more »
Cava’s sweet spot
by Miquel Hudin | 29-12-2017
In a scant three days there will undoubtedly be countless people who will wake up wishing they’d had at least a glass or perhaps even a bottle less... more »
2017: A site’s year in review
by Miquel Hudin | 26-12-2017
Naturally, this is that time of year when everyone puts their websites on autopilot, steps back, and opens up a slew of bottles for the next week or... more »
Serra Barceló – The Octònia Time Machine
by Miquel Hudin | 23-12-2017
Josep Serra (not to be confused with the la Vinyeta one) has in his possession two very nice vineyards that he bought back in 1998 which are located... more »
Wine with a greater purpose: El Microscopi 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 20-12-2017
Wine needs a story! So harps those in marketing these days and I have to agree that there is some truth to this as a wine without a... more »
A book review of “Supra – A feast of Georgian cooking”
by Miquel Hudin | 16-12-2017
In my house, the recipes that reign supreme are those of Ottolenghi. They’re insanely intimidating at first given the ingredient list, but they’re not actually that hard to... more »
Introducing Cal Bessó
by Miquel Hudin | 13-12-2017
It was a hot July because it’d been a hot year and the weather in 2017 hadn’t given much of a damn as to the comfort of human... more »