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In The Glass: Bodegas San Alejandro – Evodia 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 03-09-2021
This is a wine I tasted at Bodegas San Alejandro for the DO Calatayud Report last spring. Quite simply, it’s 100% Grenache, aged in concrete (tanks and eggs) with only neutral French and American oak... more »

The wines of DO Calatayud 2021
by Miquel Hudin | 16-06-2021
My first encounter with DO Calatayud was picking up a wine over 15 years ago at a shop in San Francisco, thinking that it was from Catalunya. I don’t know how many people may have... more »

A tasting of Sommos Garnacha
by Miquel Hudin | 03-02-2021
The last day I was up in Barbastro to research the Somontano Report, I visited Sommos to sit down with the winemaker, José Javier Echandi, over lunch and discuss what they’re doing in their massive,... more »

Another hit of El Escocés Volante: Manda Huevos 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 30-05-2018
Coming round to another of the wines from Norrel Robertson’s El Escocés Volante gives me the chance to link to two previous articles, this one which talks more about Norrel and his project as well... more »

Great Scot, he flies! Also, El Puño Garnacha 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 09-02-2018
Sorry, there were just too many options in the title not to take a crack at something “clever”… -ish. The more tame (and probably smarter) option was “When a Master makes a wine”. The reason... more »