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DOC Rioja 2025: Lower alcohol & harvest yields

by  |  29-08-2025

Heading into the 2025 harvest, there have been a number of significant changes for Spain’s DOC Rioja. As was mentioned in the annual Rioja report, the last few years have seen the region very much... more »

Corpinnat jumps to 16 with Kripta joining

by  |  30-07-2025

It’s difficult to keep up with the new additions to the sparkling wine association of Corpinnat as today, they’ve just added their 16th member, Celler Kripta which, until February of 2024 was known as Agustí... more »

Organic fully arrives for Penedès

by  |  10-07-2025

“Any vacation requests from the 11th of August onward are being denied.” Such was the ominous beginning to an interview with a winery owner in DO Terra Alta for a forthcoming report. But this is... more »

Hail destroys large portion of vineyards in Jumilla

by  |  19-05-2025

On the 10th of May, a massive hailstorm ripped through the Jumilla wine region, a ‘super autonomous’ denomination of origin in Spain spanning both Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia. In a short period of time, hail... more »

Goodbye Twitter & Facebook. Hello upstarts.

by  |  20-01-2025

With the publication of this article, the Twitter and Facebook accounts/pages for Hudin.com and myself, are completely deleted. I realize it might be hard for those in the wine world to give up these platforms.... more »

Corpinnat jumps to 13 with addition of Cisteller

by  |  27-11-2024

The sparkling wine association, Corpinnat has now reached 13 wineries in total with the addition of Cisteller. This has admittedly been one of the more open secrets in the Penedès region for some time. When... more »
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New Basque Denomination of Origin annulled by high court

by  |  12-11-2024

In what is a great deal of finality to the ongoing conflict between the creation of the DO Viñedos de Álava/Arabako Mahastiak and DOC Rioja, a high court in Basque Country has ruled that the... more »

Copain de Vin’s new ‘VinVoyage’

by  |  23-10-2024

There’s been a great deal of effort over the past decades to build up wine as a “fancy” thing that requires sitting down to drink and enjoy properly, whether that means with a meal (preferably... more »

Corpinnat’s Nit de la Verema 2024

by  |  30-09-2024

This past Thursday, the sparkling wine association, Corpinnat presented their latest harvest data for 2024 as well as the economic statistics of the group hosted in the gardens of member, Sabaté i Coca just outside... more »

The 50th anniversary of Scala Dei’s La Cartoixa

by  |  23-09-2024

On a rainy day in September, in the drought-stricken wine region of Priorat, a group of both local and international attendees arrived to the 12th-century monastery of Cartoixa d’Escaladei. They weren’t there to take in... more »