Articles
Taste the unknown: Lukasi – Usakhelauri 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 09-02-2019
The most typical roadblock encountered when it comes to Georgian wines is that the language is simply not easy which means that the local grape names aren’t easy.... more »
DO Terra Alta – 2019: A southern kind of lovely
by Miquel Hudin | 04-02-2019
A Spanish wine region with great vineyards and wines that are just starting to show a brilliance that’s been hiding in plain site is most assuredly not a... more »
Corpinnat and the death of fine Cava?
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2019
At the end of January, the lucky wineries in Penedès, Catalunya were those out pruning their vines. Then there were others, dealing with heavy affairs that don’t happen... more »
How to visit the Priorat wine region
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2019 ~ 4 Comments
Despite the fact that I travel a lot for writing about wine, when I'm around in Priorat, I'm happy to lead tastings and tours. Sharing such great wines... more »
Sweetness: Alta Alella – Blanc de Neu 2016 & Mataró 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 23-01-2019
Dessert wines are decidedly not sexy in this day and age. A right pity that is given they definitely have their place in a meal to cleanse and... more »
A book review of “Wine Folly: Magnum edition”
by Miquel Hudin | 21-01-2019
In the later part of 2018, a new printing of the Wine Folly series by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack came to market but instead of being the... more »
The Morenillo grape (finally) gets official permission
by Miquel Hudin | 17-01-2019
Morenillo won’t pop to the top of anyone’s list of go-to grape varieties. After all, it isn’t in the Wine Grapes book and so for most people, it... more »
Mas Doix goes Blanc
by Miquel Hudin | 14-01-2019
It’s no secret that I love the wines produced in DOQ Priorat to no end. But, there are good producers and then there are those who reach that... more »
How that “wine influencer” might well be a fraud
by Miquel Hudin | 10-01-2019 ~ 12 Comments
"Influencer" is a word many of us will have heard of at this point even if not in marketing circles where it's the current brass ring in terms... more »
Tasting the finest wines of València & Spain’s Levant
by Miquel Hudin | 04-01-2019
This past New Year’s Eve found me in València, hired on as the “wine expert” for a group that had flown down for the UK to say goodbye... more »