Articles
The Early History of Bordeaux and Rioja
by Charlie Leary | 09-10-2023
There's a commonly-held belief that starting in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, Bordeaux had a “revolutionary” impact on Rioja wine production. In particular, in the 1860s, the winemaker of Bordeaux’s pioneering Chateau Lanessan, owned by... more »
Château d’Arche, Bordeaux, France
by Miquel Hudin | 28-08-2023
Bordeaux can be tricky to wrap one’s head around which is why it’s wonderful when you receive wines to taste that are simply very good and happen to be from Bordeaux as was the case... more »
A book review of, “From Bordeaux to the Stars”
by Miquel Hudin | 12-07-2023
Given the recent passing of Jean-Michel Cazes at the end of June, it seemed a more than appropriate time to review his narrative memoir, “From Bordeaux to the Stars: The Reawakening of a Wine Legend”... more »
New massive wine fraud case tried in Bordeaux
by Miquel Hudin | 30-10-2022
It has been reported that on Thursday, 27 October, five people were tried in a court in Bordeaux for the falsification of 34,587 hectoliters of French wine (equivalent to around 4.6 million bottles). The wine... more »
Bordeaux 2021, En Primeur
by Miquel Hudin | 18-05-2022
After three years away, the world’s wine professionals landed upon Bordeaux this spring for the (previously) annual En Primeur campaign covering the 2021 vintage. The general takeaway? Great estates made great wines. All others, take... more »
An overview tasting of Bordeaux 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 09-04-2020
Living in Spain is great, especially if you love Spanish wines as much I do. The issue is that the wine world doesn’t revolve around Spain. This means that you need to stay abreast of... more »
The 2017 Wine Predictions in review
by Miquel Hudin | 18-01-2018
It’s one thing in wine to shoot your mouth off at the beginning of the year about what you believe will come to be in the next 12 months. In reality, it’s a crapshoot as... more »
The Blason Louis experience
by Miquel Hudin | 22-06-2017
A few months back, I was contacted by Blason Louis to receive a pack of their wine flaçons. I really had no idea what they were talking about as a bottle for wine is bouteille... more »
Château Bourgneuf – Pomerol 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 23-01-2017
As most of us are a bit light in the wallet to indulge in Château Pétrus regularly (yowza), we must search about for other bottles from AOC Pomerol in Bordeaux that attempt to reach for... more »
Wine Predictions for 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 28-12-2016
This is of course that time of year when anyone writing in wine sets forth their grand predictions for this next trip around the sun. Yay! They can sometimes be interesting but, despite its slow... more »