Catalan Wines
Two Sisters Bar & Books opens
by Editorial | 13-10-2011
The San Francisco Hayes Valley neighborhood has just picked up a mighty cool new spot called Two Sisters Bar & Books. Basically, it's a bar (wine, beer, cocktails, coffee, and tea), with books (for trading... more »
LaVinyeta Mig Mig 2009
by Miquel Hudin | 14-09-2011
LaVinyeta has been growing steadily as a winery over the years and we've been happily following along since the beginning when winemaker Josep Serra Pla was just starting out and only had a small offer... more »
Joan Sardà Feixes del Port 2005
by Miquel Hudin | 10-09-2011
The wines of Joan Sardà aren't often encountered outside of Spain. Although their Penedès region wines are easier to find, the ones from Cap de Creus are not. They're definitely good wines, but the years... more »
A trip to Arché Pagès
by Miquel Hudin | 17-08-2011
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in November, 2009. The family behind Arché Pagès has been making wine for the last four generations with the current winemaker,... more »
Celler Generi Prat d’Egna 2004 vs. 2005
by Miquel Hudin | 03-08-2011
We've talked about Celler Generi in Agullana before. Francesc is the only winemaker in the town and he makes interesting and very small-production craft wines. We took the opportunity of having both his 2004 and... more »
Cantallops: Wine and an absence of wolves
by Miquel Hudin | 27-07-2011
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in December, 2008. Meandering a bit north of the Catalan town of Figueres you get close and closer to La Jonquera... more »
A glimpse in to Oliver Conti
by Miquel Hudin | 13-07-2011 ~ 1 Comment
We came across a brief review (in Catalan) of the winery of Oliver Conti up in Northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The writeup is overall quite positive, extolling the virtues of the Conti wines as well as... more »
Muscatel never sounded so bad
by Miquel Hudin | 04-07-2011
Muscatel is one of those wines that I love in sweet form, especially the Catalan Moscatell. Pictured at the right is a lovely example from Celler Martin Faixó in Cadaqués, Empordà. It's a light, sweet,... more »
The imprint of Folrat
by Miquel Hudin | 07-06-2011
The 2008 Folrat is a curious wine as officially, it's not made by one specific winery. Yes, it's aged for five months in oak at LaVinyeta in the Alt Empordà county of Spain, but the... more »
Visiting the one and only Capmany
by Miquel Hudin | 20-02-2011
Capmany (the 'ny' is just like an ñ and is not 'many') is your typical village up in the northeastern reaches of Catalonia. You wind along some twisty road in the hills and suddenly you... more »