Articles
Hudin.com re-launches as an online wine magazine
by Miquel Hudin | 16-09-2019 ~ 2 Comments
"If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation." --Don Draper, Mad Men Anyone who is aspiring to write about wine (or really write about anything) arrives... more »
In The Glass: Lectores Vini – Pomagrana 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 09-09-2019
Trepat comes up with regularity on this site for good reason as it sits at that most delicate of intersections wherein it is approachable yet flavorful and not... more »
A strike at the heart of DO Cava
by Miquel Hudin | 06-09-2019
Yesterday, September 5th, three groups of viticulturists in the Penedès region (Unió de Pagesos, JARC, and Viticultors del Penedès), held a planned harvest strike against the ongoing grape... more »
A look back at the 2012 vintage in Catalunya & Roussillon
by Miquel Hudin | 01-09-2019
The other day someone wrote to inquire about the 2012 Clos Mogador and what my impressions were of it. While I enjoyed drinking it when initially released, I... more »
Perhaps a #dryjuly for the future?
by Miquel Hudin | 28-08-2019 ~ 4 Comments
When living in Spain, July and August mark the time of year that I patently hate as everything grinds to a halt--doubly so when there are the now... more »
In The Glass: Viña Tondonia – Rosado Gran Reserva 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 23-08-2019
Much like politics these days, the concept of “unicorn wine” drives me a bit bonkers. For those who’ve not found their Instagram awash in its eleven-lettered presence, essentially... more »
Big Cava flexes its muscles, to pay 30% less for grapes
by Miquel Hudin | 19-08-2019
After the departure of the Corpinnat wineries at the start of this year, one would have thought DO Cava didn’t need any more bad press, but yet, it... more »
Carinyena Blanca: Tasting a grape that’s finding its place in Empordà
by Miquel Hudin | 13-08-2019
Catalunya’s Denomination of Origin Empordà has just announced an institutional plan to “realize the potential” of the grape, Carinyena Blanca (White Carignan.) Going forward this will involve making... more »
When the village goes dry
by Miquel Hudin | 07-08-2019
On July 25th the village of Gratallops ran out of water. A village of 226 people, 23 wineries, three hotels, multiple holiday rentals, and seven restaurants/cafés had neither... more »
Ribera del Duero to shine a light on their whites
by Miquel Hudin | 01-08-2019
The Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spanish State Bulletin) isn’t light reading. There are sticky gobs of technical announcements for absolutely all facets of the government but, if one... more »