Dalmatian grape invaders

by Miquel Hudin | 08-05-2015

There is a bigger, boomier, more extracted article looming about the current state of Dalmatian wines as I tasted last month at the Dalmacija Wine Expo in Split, Croatia but for now, I present this... more »

Alta Alella Privat – Laietà 2011

by Miquel Hudin | 30-12-2014

Awhile back I had written an article about DO Alella needing a "killer wine" and by that I didn't mean that they needed to have a mind blowing wine produced from the region but more... more »

In The Glass: Mlečnik Chardonnay 2008

by Miquel Hudin | 05-11-2014

Vipava Valley is full of fantastic wines. There is of course, Batič but at the Salone del Gusto 2014 in Turin, I encountered Klemen and his family wines of Mlečnik. They're working to make some... more »

Tasting the Castell de Raimat collection

by Miquel Hudin | 18-03-2013 ~ 1 Comment

Sometime back, I joked that the Costers del Segre winery, Raimat was more reliable than god. The reasoning behind this is that they have a very nice price point for their wines and so you... more »

In The Glass: Cape of Good Hope Serruria 2010

by Miquel Hudin | 27-07-2012

It was by random chance that I met Jordi Viader i Soler who is one of those traveling enologs that bounces around the world, working on different harvests, but specifically the harvest at La Vinyeta... more »

An end to Californian Chardonnay

by Miquel Hudin | 09-07-2012

It usually starts off innocently enough at a California winery tasting room, "Here, try our Chardonnay." I shake my head in a vigorous, whiplash-inducing "no" to which the tasting room employee invariably says, "It's good,... more »