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Portland’s urban wineries
by Miquel Hudin | 21-09-2011
The concept of an "urban winery" is quite simple: bring in grapes from outside vineyards, press, ferment, age, and bottle them in an large urban space. While it lacks that rustic/schmancy charm of a winery... more »
Sitting down to Mr. Pollo
by Miquel Hudin | 06-09-2011
Just a few steps down from the 24th Street Bart Station and a 1980's era McDonald's sits Mr. Pollo. It is one of those hidden-but-known dining gems in San Francisco that you'll hear any local... more »
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 »