Articles
Château Bourgneuf – Pomerol 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 23-01-2017
As most of us are a bit light in the wallet to indulge in Château Pétrus regularly (yowza), we must search about for other bottles from AOC Pomerol... more »
Tasting four decades
by Miquel Hudin | 21-01-2017
It’s a fun stunt to try and taste the decades of your life via bottles of wine. As one gets older, it becomes ever more difficult as the... more »
The wine region appellations of Georgian wine
by Miquel Hudin | 16-01-2017
These first weeks of 2017 have been spent poring over various laws, rules, conference minutes, and other information to distill down into a readable form, the current appellations... more »
A book review of “Southern Spirits”
by Miquel Hudin | 10-01-2017
“Southern Spirits: Four Hundred Years of Drinking in the American South, with Recipes” is a lofty book in that the author, Robert F. Moss looks to take on... more »
A tale of two New Zealand Pinot Noirs
by Miquel Hudin | 08-01-2017
The wines of New Zealand are probably well-known via different ways depending upon where you are in the world. For instance, when living the US, everyone knew of... more »
“Wine lies” are still lies
by Miquel Hudin | 03-01-2017
My plans for New Years were probably similar to those not terribly game for the evening which was to say, chilling with my dog and a bottle of... more »
Finding the finesse in a ‘rancid wine’
by Miquel Hudin | 02-01-2017
It may impossible when gazing upon the crumbling slate and the rugged landscape, but in 1893 phylloxera arrived to the Catalan county of Priorat, starting in the village... more »
Wine Predictions for 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 28-12-2016
This is of course that time of year when anyone writing in wine sets forth their grand predictions for this next trip around the sun. Yay! They can... more »
Armenian wineries and wines
by Miquel Hudin | 21-12-2016
By way of giving a little background read this introduction to Armenian wines followed by the oldest wine cellar in the world, it will make a review of... more »
Abadal 3.9 is the newest Vi de Finca
by Miquel Hudin | 19-12-2016 ~ 2 Comments
It has just been announced that Abadal's 3.9 is be the newest Vi de Finca in Catalonia as certified by INCAVI, the Catalan wine authority. This now brings... more »