Croatian Wines
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day II
by Miquel Hudin | 14-04-2012
Coming from Day I, naturally Day II of the Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend was a more smoothly-oiled machine. Everyone had settled in to their tables and more signs had been put up to make sure... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend Day I
by Miquel Hudin | 13-04-2012
Today was the opening day of the Zagreb wine Gourmet Weekend, a three day event to showcase not only the wines of Croatia, but also the foods. While there are now several regional events, this... more »
Biondivino Vinicola Benanti tasting
by Miquel Hudin | 11-11-2011
It’s one of those rare gems in the wine world when you’re afforded the chance to do a true vertical tastings. Sure, you can get a glimpse of this when you visit a winery and... more »
Giovanni Rosso tasting with the winemaker
by Miquel Hudin | 28-10-2011
It’s pretty much a guarantee that whatever winery Biondivino chooses to host for a tasting, the offer will be great. And such was the case with David Rosso of Giovanni Ross pouring a few bottles... more »
Simply Italian tasting in San Francisco
by Miquel Hudin | 27-10-2011
Yesterday, was a large-scale tasting called Simply Italian. These types of tastings are a mixed blessing as they give people in the “industry” the chance to taste a broad range of wines; many of which... more »
The Hidden Vine reopens on Merchant Street
by Miquel Hudin | 18-10-2011
For some reason, the Jackson Square District in San Francisco generally doesn’t get a lot of love. While a wonderful area full of 19th century, Gold Rush-era buildings, it’s completely dead after 6-7PM. The area... more »
Google Places wine in San Francisco
by Miquel Hudin | 28-09-2011
For those who may think that Yelp.com is a mafia controlling the flow of information for restaurants and bars while basically offering a “protection money” plan to skim out bad reviews (it is), Google Places... more »