Articles
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
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 »
Pure Plavac Mali
by Miquel Hudin | 01-01-2018
When I wrote about the passing of Zlatan Plenković last year, I made mention that his wines and in reality, a wine of Plavac Mali were largely responsible... more »
Cava’s sweet spot
by Miquel Hudin | 29-12-2017
In a scant three days there will undoubtedly be countless people who will wake up wishing they’d had at least a glass or perhaps even a bottle less... more »