Articles

DO Terra Alta brings “brisats” to the forefront
by Miquel Hudin | 08-02-2022
DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain has been quite busy recently. In their regulatory council’s last board meeting of 2021 they approved a long list of changes. The most prominent was their making a very... more »

What you might not have known about Georgian wine & food, Part I
by Daria Kholodilina | 09-03-2020
Daria Kholodilina is the co-author of Georgia: A Guide to the Cradle of Wine as well as co-owner of the tour company, Trails & Wines. Here she breaks down a number of lesser-known facts about... more »

A Priorat amber wine to blow the mind – Les Brugueres Antecessor 1997
by Miquel Hudin | 18-09-2018
Over the summer I tasted and scored over 400 wines from DOQ Priorat & DO Montsant. Anyone can receive the full results now for free when buying the books (també en català). It includes a... more »

Georgian wine evolution: Kvevri gold at Decanter Awards
by Miquel Hudin | 04-07-2018
Given my living location and writing focus I’m viewed as a “Spain person” for the Decanter Awards. This is great and I’m very happy to judge these wines but I made a mention to the... more »

Amber versus Orange wine
by Miquel Hudin | 19-06-2017
This is an expanded excerpt from the new Georgian wine book Red wines in Georgia–whether aged in kvevri, barrel, tank, or what have you–are indeed some take on the color we all know as “red”... more »

Traditional kvevri opening
by Miquel Hudin | 21-10-2016
While traversing across all of Georgia for a new wine book, I saw many things and then, when I arrived to the “Ancestral Wine Cellar” in Kakheti, I saw a few more. The Sagvareulo family... more »