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Color me unsurprised, Wine Folly gets Priorat dead wrong
by Miquel Hudin | 12-04-2016 ~ 4 Comments
There's usually not too much to be gained in pointing out someone else's errors. At best, people see you as a smart ass. At worst, they see you... more »
AOC Lirac: Wine worth crossing the river for
by Miquel Hudin | 09-04-2016
AOC Lirac isn't a name that rolls off most wine drinkers' tongues when talking about the Southern Rhône Valley. Honestly, it wasn't one that rolled off mine either... more »
Rocking the Wine Cradle
by Miquel Hudin | 08-04-2016
Awhile back I was sent a sample of this "Wine Cradle" from the Danish design group, Heveas. Of course I should add that somewhere en route to Spain,... more »
Judging the Concours International de Lyon
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2016
Last weekend, after a whirlwind, crash course, sink or swim, trial by fire trip (I'm sure a few more idioms could be tossed in there...) through Burgundy with... more »
And the Porrera wine gang was all there
by Miquel Hudin | 01-04-2016
As was usually when coming in from one of the trails around the village of Porrera, my dog had spotted a cat and ran off through the houses.... more »
D. Russell Smith, a Texan in the vineyards of Montsant
by Miquel Hudin | 29-03-2016
When researching the book for DO Montsant, I did everything I could to uncover every wine that was being made with any degree of seriousness within the appellation.... more »
Ribera del Guadiana & Pago Los Balancines – Mata Negra 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 24-03-2016
This bottle was another random find at Lidl which is quickly becoming my go-to shop for playing "Wine Roulette". To be embarrassingly honest, I thought it was a... more »
RIP Zlatan Plenković
by Miquel Hudin | 19-03-2016 ~ 1 Comment
Last Thursday, March 17th, while many were celebrating St. Patrick's Day, a legend of Croatian wine, Zlatan Plenković died while on a ferry traveling from Split to the... more »
A glàss of clàss? Understanding “Clàssic Penedès”
by Miquel Hudin | 18-03-2016
In recent years, there has been a great deal of push back against the Denomination of Origin bodies in Spain which have been perceived as moving too slowly... more »
The “San Francisco” cocktail
by Miquel Hudin | 17-03-2016
This article was one I was kicking around for some time as it formed a perfect, San Francisco-Barcelona bridge albeit a cocktail-centric one. I ended up running it... more »