Articles
Looking back, looking forward with Ukraine
by Miquel Hudin | 27-02-2023
Whatever Putin may have been planning in order to mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine didn’t come to pass last week despite the rumors.... more »
U Més U, Penedès, Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 23-02-2023
A pair of Penedès Cavas from the overall line of U Més U that are quite representative for the region both in terms of price as well as... more »
Food Through Wine: Sibarites, Gandesa, Terra Alta
by Miquel Hudin | 20-02-2023
A regular series that reviews dining through the lens of wine both good… and bad. Any wine region in the world worth its salt has some place that’s... more »
Charles Collin, Champagne, France
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2023
Having a look at some of the current releases from Charles Collin, a Champagne house that has some 140 growers providing grapes from 330ha and a strong focus... more »
Maturana Buena, Maturana Mala
by Miquel Hudin | 13-02-2023
Tracking down the relationships of vitis vinifera varieties which comprise the grapes from which our wines are made is no easy task. Back in 2012, the book Wine... more »
Château Musar – Rouge 2002
by Miquel Hudin | 10-02-2023
It is a strange fact of life that there always seems to be a bottle of Château Musar in the cellar. I’m never fully sure from whence they... more »
Heretat Laverna, Penedès, Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 08-02-2023
Heretat Laverna is working in the Penedès region and producing all their wines organically as is inline with the region as a whole. These wines are from local/traditional... more »
From the Tasting Bench
by Miquel Hudin |
The fact that things in life can’t always be placed into a specific box applies as much to wine as anything else. I mention this as today sees... more »
A splash of Malvasija Dubrovačka in Konavle
by Miquel Hudin | 07-02-2023
How grape varieties arrived to where they are in the world is always a point of fascination for me and it’s what piqued my curiosity about Malvasia de... more »
Spanish wine in numbers
by Miquel Hudin | 03-02-2023
When writing about why the wines of Spain have lacked fame, I made mention that for 2021, Spain produced the second-largest amount of wine in the world of... more »