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In The Glass: Finca La Celia Malbec Reserva 2009
by Miquel Hudin | 11-08-2012
Taking a step back in to the New World for a minute, we popped open this bottle from Finca La Celia the other night. At around 13€ it... more »
A Game of Wine?
by Miquel Hudin | 09-08-2012
Like any good lover of all things sword fighting, I've finally all caught up on Game of Thrones. I bring this up because there doesn't seem to be... more »
Meet the Grimaldas
by Miquel Hudin | 06-08-2012
For some time, I've known the Matošević wines. A well known name up in Istria and generally an easier Croatia wine to find abroad, they've been producing what... more »
Sereno Sidecar: The cocktail is real
by Miquel Hudin | 03-08-2012
It really wasn't meant to be originally. While ensconced in the "Fortress of Solitude" (a rather isolated 11th century Catalan farmhouse) working on the Empordà guide we'd take... more »
Krš and the love of Blatina
by Miquel Hudin | 30-07-2012 ~ 3 Comments
Most people don't know about Blatina, Herzegovina's workhorse red grape. It and its white partner in wine, Žilavka are by far and away the most heavily grown grapes... more »
In The Glass: Cape of Good Hope Serruria 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 27-07-2012
It was by random chance that I met Jordi Viader i Soler who is one of those traveling enologs that bounces around the world, working on different harvests,... more »
The new Greek reach
by Miquel Hudin | 24-07-2012
Lately, it seems that Greek winemakers have basically said, "Germany, you may take our social services, but you shall not take our grapes!" and have set out on... more »
In The Glass: Kunjasić Pošip 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 23-07-2012
As something of a bookend to the Kunjasić's Plavac Mali, we opened up their 2010 Pošip the other night; both of which are from Korčula island in Croatia.... more »
Wanna buy a castle?
by Miquel Hudin | 16-07-2012 ~ 1 Comment
You would think that, given the wide availability of Castell de Biart wines around Empordà that this winery, built upon the ruins of a 12th century castle that... more »
An end to Californian Chardonnay
by Miquel Hudin | 09-07-2012
It usually starts off innocently enough at a California winery tasting room, "Here, try our Chardonnay." I shake my head in a vigorous, whiplash-inducing "no" to which the... more »