Articles
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day II
by Miquel Hudin | 14-04-2012
Coming from Day I, naturally Day II of the Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend was a more smoothly-oiled machine. Everyone had settled in to their tables and more signs... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day I
by Miquel Hudin | 13-04-2012
Today was the opening day of the Zagreb wine Gourmet Weekend, a three day event to showcase not only the wines of Croatia, but also the foods. While... more »
Wine in the Costa Brava & Empordà
by Miquel Hudin | 10-04-2012
It became official with National Geographic listing the Costa Brava as one of their Best Trips of 2012. But wait, Spain (and more to the point, Catalonia) has... more »
In The Glass: Oliver Conti Turó Negre 2009
by Miquel Hudin | 07-04-2012
Oliver Conti county is a fine winery up in the Alt Empordà of Catalonia, Spain. We talk about them a great deal more in our Empordà wine guide,... more »
One week to Zagreb and the Wine Gourmet Weekend
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2012
In a week, I’ll be touching down at Pleso International in Zagreb to dig in to three days of Croatian wines *. While I’m not a huge fan... more »
The quietly fantastic wines of Martí Fabra
by Miquel Hudin | 03-04-2012
When it comes to making wines for a long time, the Martí Fabra family has been doing it since the end of the 13th century; maybe even earlier.... more »
Međugorje’s Stankela
by Miquel Hudin | 28-03-2012
The history of Stankela goes back officially for 50 years and is based in a 400 year-old home in Međugorje literally right next door to the winery, AG.... more »
In The Glass: Cellers d’en Guilla Magenc 2011
by Miquel Hudin | 22-03-2012
A small and very, very new winery in the village of Delfià, Cellers d’en Guilla (literally, “the fox’s wineries”) is making some interesting new wines that are very... more »
Tasting around Annandale
by Miquel Hudin | 21-03-2012
The Annandale estate, just off the namesake Annadale Road was established in 1688, making it one of the oldest in the Helderberg Valley region. It displays this age... more »
Climbing the terraces of Hugas de Batlle
by Miquel Hudin | 15-03-2012
Without a doubt, it had to be the dumbest time in recent history to be traipsing about the mountains of upper Empordà. While the Tramuntana is a wind... more »