Articles
A book review of “Root Cause”
by Miquel Hudin | 15-04-2019
For anyone involved in wine, it’s almost always the case that “pleasure reading” is some kind of dense tome from which a rare beast called, “fact” is derived.... more »
Not Tinto, Blanco. Tempranillo Blanco
by Miquel Hudin | 12-04-2019
1988 was nuts. There was the Iran-Contra Affair, the Eritrean War for Independence, the Nagorno-Karabakh War, a Kuwait Airways hijacking, an Iran Air flight shot down “accidentally” by... more »
Et tu, Eto? Redefining single-serving wine, again.
by Miquel Hudin | 08-04-2019
The core issue with First World problems is that there are simply so many and they’re all so equally “serious”. The grocery store has run out of your... more »
Zayane, a new tribe on the Moroccan wine map
by Miquel Hudin | 05-04-2019
It was 2015. I was slightly younger, living in a different village, and most importantly, thought nothing of going to Morocco, in July, during Ramadan. That was an... more »
Champagne’s terroir problem
by Miquel Hudin | 01-04-2019
The train to Champagne departs Paris every hour at 36 minutes past from Gare de l’Est. While the carriages might be from an past era, the trip isn’t... more »
The Mas Doix – Lede Family partnership
by Miquel Hudin | 28-03-2019
In Priorat, you hear a great deal but often know very little. This was shown no better than hearing changes were afoot last year with Mas Doix in... more »
Let’s talk about ’16 and Álvaro Palacios
by Miquel Hudin | 25-03-2019
A decade ago, despite living just an hour away in San Francisco, my visits to Napa Valley were readily-dwindling in regularity as tourism was then and is now,... more »
Looking back on Sauvignon Blanc
by Miquel Hudin | 20-03-2019
My flight had arrived on time. This may seem a trivial concern but when flying Iberia’s budget line, Vueling, you prepare for the annoying but expect the worst.... more »
Guzzling with the stars; six new celebrity wines
by Miquel Hudin | 18-03-2019
From press releases about Sarah Jessica Parker’s forays wearing gumboots into the vineyards of New Zealand, to Brangelina’s lucrative Provençal Rosé adventures, to Jon Bon Jovi’s uh, Rosé,... more »
Khikhvi: impossible to say, impossible not to love
by Miquel Hudin | 15-03-2019
When in Georgia researching the book, there were a handful of words I learned immediately: “hello” (gamarjoba), “yes” (ki/kho), “no” (ara), and “thank you” (madloba). “Cheers” (gaumarjos) arrived... more »