Articles
Still Catalan in Celler Generi
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2011
This cellar was one that we really had no intention of visiting as we’d never actually heard about it. It’s in a small town called Agullana which is... more »
The joys of bulk wine
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2011
There’s nothing sophisticated about it. You walk in to a winery like Empordàlia and go straight to the back of the place. There, you will find the massive... more »
Explaining Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 14-01-2011
So, what is Plavac Mali? Where is Plavac Mali? How do you even say, Plavac Mali? Let’s take a look at all of these items as we delve... more »
The Baix of Empordà
by Miquel Hudin | 09-01-2011
Mas Oller is one of the new wineries to spring up in the DO Empordà region. It’s rather ironic that there are all these new wineries given that... more »
Tasting at Espelt
by Miquel Hudin | 03-01-2011
Espelt is a youngish winery that was founded in 2000 on a family property in Vilajuïga in northeastern Catalonia, led by the eldest daughter Anna Espelt who studied... more »
The post-harvest *lavinyeta visit
by Miquel Hudin | 15-12-2010
I seem to be hitting up *lavinyeta about twice a year these days to check in and see how things are going. After my first visit in 2007,... more »
A Cold, Wintry Revisit to La Vinyeta
by Miquel Hudin | 02-12-2010
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in June, 2009. It was just a bit over a year and a half... more »
Stopping in at Hudin-Horvat Winery
by Miquel Hudin |
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in August, 2007. I hadn’t actually been to the Međimurje region before, but it... more »
Experiencing the new La Vinyeta
by Miquel Hudin | 01-12-2010
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in May, 2007. Through a personal connection we were very fortunate to get a... more »
Perhaps a Reality Check, Napa Valley?
by Miquel Hudin |
Napa Valley confounds me as to how it is able to change so radically from year to year. It’s not so much that there are new things popping... more »