Essays

About the advertorial

by  |  20-10-2026 ~ 4 Comments

"Ni carn ni peix." This phrase in Catalan is one that any regular reader knows I keep coming back to as I simply love it. "Neither meat nor fish" is the literal translation, but the... more »

Of Substack & wine

by  |  08-09-2026

To borrow Ernest Hemingway’s observation on going bankrupt, wine writing on Substack started gradually and then happened all at once. It’s no secret that classic wine media has been in a decline in terms of... more »

Croatian wines at Eat, Sleep, Wine, Repeat

by  |  04-02-2026

A couple of months ago, Janina Doyle of the Eat Sleep Wine Repeat contacted me to come on as a guest and talk about Croatian wines in the 247th episode of her podcast. As is... more »

The Decántalo buyout of Bodeboca

by  |  22-09-2025

The recent purchase of Bodeboca by Decántalo is an interesting example of wine’s fortunes at the moment. While founded independently, both of these online wine stores saw external investment in the form of drinks juggernaut,... more »

The state of wine media & wine Substacks 2025

by  |  11-09-2025

It’s time for a new look at the current state of wine media, taking into account the large upswing in people creating their own, independent newsletters, which has resulted in very new version of, The... more »

The list of wine publications

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For those who like to support quality wine writing (which of course cannot be done for free) here's an updated list of all the subscription wine publications. There exists a listed dedicated to Substack publications... more »

Talking ‘Massal Selection’ with Álvaro Ribalta

by  |  24-11-2023

It’s the biggest irony that to get access to the most interesting wines from across Europe, you’re best off going to anywhere in Europe where they don’t produce wine (or at least not a lot... more »

The four-year anniversary of Hudin.com

by  |  14-09-2023

It’s been yet another trip around the sun and that means another yearly celebration of this site’s full founding which is now four years ago! (*) A great deal has changed in the world since... more »

The three-year anniversary of Hudin.com

by  |  15-09-2022

Greetings and welcome to yet another yearly celebration of this site’s full founding just three years ago! These yearly moments allow us to have a look at where where the site has been going over... more »

The rise of the wine experts’ subscription sites

by  |  11-01-2022

It’s very strange to be a wine writer right now. I say this as for the last two decades, space to write about wine has decreased almost as fast as what publications are willing to... more »