Articles
Celebrating an article milestone
by Miquel Hudin | 02-11-2020
If you’re reading this, congratulations for managing to be online still! For anyone in the United States, I can’t blame you for avoiding all forms of mass communication... more »
Capezzana & DOCG Carmignano
by Miquel Hudin | 29-10-2020
“Never too young. Never too old.” This is such a wonderful manner to describe DOCG Carmignano and was said by Eric de Rothschild, the director of an “obscure”... more »
The DO Montsant 2020 harvest comes to a close
by Miquel Hudin | 23-10-2020
Essentially all the vineyards within the DO Montsant have been picked this year. According to their official statistics, only a handful in the north are still to arrive... more »
In The Glass: Clau de Nell – Grolleau 2011
by Miquel Hudin | 21-10-2020
I adore grape variety summaries such as these: “Widely planted though little recognized”. Where some may see that as meaning a variety exists in a sea of bland... more »
New DOQ Priorat wineries to know, 2020 edition
by Miquel Hudin | 19-10-2020
The wines being produced under the auspices of DOQ Priorat are always in flux and always evolving. They have to because the region from hence they issue forth... more »
The almightiest of scores: Zero Parker Points
by Miquel Hudin | 16-10-2020
As a rehash, the whole “100 points scale” that Robert Parker “invented” is actually a 50-100 point scale that’s based upon the American educational grading system. So in... more »
In The Glass: Gran Bierzo Rosado 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 14-10-2020
I’m thankfully no “wine influencer“, so I’m not terribly accustomed to my Instagram, “blowing up” but blow up it did when I posted this rosé from Bierzo last... more »
A book review of “Firing Blancs”
by Miquel Hudin | 12-10-2020
I mention it often as it seems an unchanging fact, but fiction in wine writing is a rare beast. Quality fiction is something even rarer. And being able... more »
A farewell to beloved Barcelona wine bar, Monvínic
by Miquel Hudin | 05-10-2020
Monvínic, one of the first truly-dedicated wine bars in Barcelona that was once hailed as the best wine bar in the world by a Wall Street Journal columnist,... more »
In The Glass: Obergo – Expression Garnacha 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 30-09-2020
I’m on my way to DO Somontano for a couple of days. While their wines are readily available in supermarkets in some parts of Spain, I’m looking to... more »