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Fatted Calf Happy Hour: Meet your meat
by Miquel Hudin | 03-09-2011
One of the unfortunate 21st century elements of life in the US is that the butcher has really become an endangered species. While the supermarket meat offer can be decent at times, it's never amazing,... more »
And your palate is…?
by Miquel Hudin | 20-07-2011
I've really quite gotten in to what Jon Bonné writes in his blog. I've always found him to be a balanced and solid wine critic for the SF Chronicle. But, it seems that his blog... more »
Traveling with wine
by Miquel Hudin | 18-07-2011 ~ 1 Comment
Being in the midst of the summer holidays and given our focus on wine travels, we thought it appropriate to address the age-old need of the "entourist": bringing your wine back home. We've found that... more »
Let’s cool that bottle off a bit
by Miquel Hudin | 20-06-2011
The comic strip above from the generally always genius Wulffmorgenthaler does a pretty good job at rounding up the general approaches to wine tasting. Of course, it's not always the case that everyone drinking wine... more »
Crushing by pothole
by Miquel Hudin | 08-06-2011
This photography project called My Potholes is pretty hilarious. Basically, in a quest to "re-invent" the annoying pothole in a creative way, the photographers drove around Montreal, NYC, and Los Angeles, looking for potholes to... more »
Salute to wine at the 100th Bay to Breakers
by Miquel Hudin | 16-05-2011
For those who are unfamiliar with the event, every year since 1912, San Francisco has hosted an annual foot race called, Bay to Breakers. What started as a simple, 12km race across a city that... more »
Perhaps a Reality Check, Napa Valley?
by Miquel Hudin | 01-12-2010 ~ 1 Comment
Napa Valley confounds me as to how it is able to change so radically from year to year. It's not so much that there are new things popping up, but more that the price of... more »
The mighty Pfneiszl sisters
by Miquel Hudin | 26-10-2010
This is an article from our archives that was previously run on another site in July, 2008. Pfneiszl is a young winery on old lands. Or actually, it's an old winery on its own old... more »
The old road bus from Zagreb to Split
by Miquel Hudin | 25-01-2010
As I was most unfortunately informed, upon my arrival to Zagreb, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Split at the moment. They were performing an upgrade to the line that will drop it... more »
A little Mexican wine
by Miquel Hudin | 13-01-2010
It’s rather pathetic really when you go your whole life without knowing much about a country that borders not only your country, but your state as well. I’m going to go out on a limb... more »