Spanish Wines
Bodegas la Horra, Ribera del Duero
by Miquel Hudin | 07-07-2025
Bodegas la Horra doesn’t need much introduction, but a fine piece of recent news is that they’re just inaugurated their new winery. The overall project however, was founded in 2009 by the owners of Roda... more »
The wines of Rioja 2025
by Miquel Hudin | 30-06-2025
For those who don’t often coordinate large wine tastings in a region, you are sane. Thus, I will let you in on one key aspect as to how they usually come about and that’s to... more »
Les Freses, Alicante, Spain
by Miquel Hudin | 17-06-2025
This is an interesting project by way of Alicante called, Les Freses in a small area call, Jesús Pobre. Located next to the Montgó mountain, they’re in the far northern reaches of the DO. I... more »
A book review of, “Mallorca & Wine”
by Miquel Hudin | 21-05-2025
About two years ago, a colleague of mine tried roping me into writing a book on the wines of Mallorca. I was all for it as Mallorca is gorgeous and there are some really interesting... more »
Hail destroys large portion of vineyards in Jumilla
by Miquel Hudin | 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 »
A look at the wines of Bizkaiko Txakolina 2025
by Miquel Hudin | 07-05-2025
Don’t ask for the fizzy stuff… This was something of a mistake when I was tasting a selection of 10 wineries from the DO Bizkaiko Txakolina. The ‘fizzy stuff’ is the txakolina that most people... more »
The wines of Aragón 2025
by Miquel Hudin | 27-03-2025
It was time to revisit the fine wines being produced in the region of Aragón which sits between Catalunya and Navarra/Rioja with both Castillas on its western flank and Valencia on its east. With higher... more »
Bodegas San Alejandro – Evodia 2023
by Miquel Hudin | 10-03-2025
What goes around comes around and I mention that as this is not the first time that Evodia has been featured on the site for an In The Glass segment. The first time that it... more »
César Márquez – Parajes 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 27-02-2025
So, what’s a paraje/paratge? Well, whether it’s in Castilian (*) or Catalan (respectively), it’s like, you know, a lieux dit or climat. This explanation is of course only useful if you a) speak French and... more »
A brand new Ochoa
by Miquel Hudin | 14-02-2025
During the various events swirling in and around Barcelona Wine Week, I was able to attend a smaller side event for the Navarran winery, Bodegas Ochoa which marked the complete overall of the brand as... more »