Articles
An updated taste of Armenian wines
by Miquel Hudin | 16-02-2018
Just over a year ago I was invited to visit and explore all that is Armenia wine. A great and typically exhausting trip, I wrote a summary of... more »
Great Scot, he flies! Also, El Puño Garnacha 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 09-02-2018
Sorry, there were just too many options in the title not to take a crack at something “clever”… -ish. The more tame (and probably smarter) option was “When... more »
Not getting the Gik Blue
by Miquel Hudin | 07-02-2018
I have a fun group of enologist friends where I live and admittedly, as a wine journalist, I’m probably something of a black sheep to them but they... more »
The wine blog. Where from here?
by Miquel Hudin | 30-01-2018 ~ 3 Comments
To a great extent, I've become numb to shocking headlines over the last year and half. But despite the constantly being on the brink of nuclear war and... more »
Kazakhstani Saperavi (& Pinot Noir!) – Arba Assa Valley
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2018
Whenever visiting a region in the name of wine, I always try to push the public transportation option so as to reduce car congestion on country roads (ahem,... more »
Wine Predictions for 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 20-01-2018
Sending out predictions for a year, three weeks into the year may seem a bit ridiculous but I needed to wait for statistics to come out in order... more »
The 2017 Wine Predictions in review
by Miquel Hudin | 18-01-2018
It’s one thing in wine to shoot your mouth off at the beginning of the year about what you believe will come to be in the next 12... more »
Up the Douro & Quinta Nova
by Miquel Hudin | 16-01-2018
My mother’s family is of Portuguese descent and to honor this many years ago we opened a bottle of Vintage Port that my grandfather had brought back from... more »
In The Glass: Markus Altenburger – Red 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 12-01-2018
Blaufränkisch and Plavac Mali were some of the first grapes I plunged into when starting to venture outside of my Californian safety net many years ago. It was... more »
The Grand Carignan Tasting
by Miquel Hudin | 08-01-2018
There existed a time when I was daft to the wiles and wonders of the grape, Carignan. Despite pockets of old vines in California it was essentially a... more »