Articles
The Lasina of Bibich & Sladić
by Miquel Hudin | 11-11-2015
Hop around the Balkans for even a short time and you get to make friends with a lot of new grapes. While those in the know have possibly heard of Plavac Mali or that Zinfandel... more »
The wines of Dalmatia, Croatia in 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 13-06-2015
The wines of Dalmatia, Croatia are not terribly well-known and until I wrote a book about them in 2007, I didn't fully have a grasp of them either despite first tasting them back in 2004.... more »
The Paradox of wine in Split, Croatia
by Miquel Hudin | 18-05-2015
In Spain, many wine bars have sprung up in recent years as many people looked at their glass of 3€ a bottle Rioja that they're drinking in say, Barcelona and asked, "Why am I drinking... more »
Catalunya at Dalmacija Wine Expo 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 16-05-2015
In returning to Dalmatia for the first time in many years, I attended the Dalmacija Wine Expo 2015 in Split and conducted a Master Class comparing three wines of Catalonia with three of Dalmatia. I... more »
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 »
Extractions
by Editorial | 18-08-2013
A collection of nifty wine and travel bits from around the interwebs. Paris Pricing Insanity On our recent trip up to Paris, we found the murder the they get away with on wine prices with... more »
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 01-05-2013 ~ 2 Comments
Last year, I went to the first Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend which was something of a continuation of the event from previous years, but under a slightly different name and organizer. You can read all... more »
Never forget the Mali Plavač
by Miquel Hudin | 02-01-2013
While dousing ourselves in San Francisco over the holidays, a friend invited us over for a Szechuan hot pot dinner. Despite eating out a lot in SF over the last two weeks, it was, without... more »
In The Glass: Miloš Stagnum Poluslatko 2003
by Miquel Hudin | 20-09-2012 ~ 2 Comments
It's a fantastic thing when the wonderfully strange crosses your path by way of an Istrian visiting Spain. Such was the case with this bottle of what I can really only call dessert wine from... more »