Articles
Talking about Spain around the internets
by Miquel Hudin | 28-08-2020
August is usually a pretty slow month of spending a few days at the beach, dinners of cold dishes, and trying to get in dog walks before walking in the sun scorches you to a... more »
DO Cava releases new zones, tweaks, & a fresh serving of brand-new names
by Miquel Hudin | 23-07-2020
So, it took about two years. This was time DO Cava spent consulting and figuring out how to release a zone and subzone classification scheme. This is no small feat given that the idea is... more »
DO Cava drops harvest maximums by 17% for 2020
by Miquel Hudin | 29-05-2020
The regulatory board of DO Cava has announced that for the 2020 harvest, maximum yields per hectare will be dropped from 12,000 to 10,000 which is a reduction of nearly 17%. As is the purvey... more »
Judging the “Best Cava Sommelier” of 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 14-11-2019
One can’t claim that the DO Cava hasn’t been active over the last few months. An important reason for the new boost is having a new president. Another is having changed up their communications department,... more »
A strike at the heart of DO Cava
by Miquel Hudin | 06-09-2019
Yesterday, September 5th, three groups of viticulturists in the Penedès region (Unió de Pagesos, JARC, and Viticultors del Penedès), held a planned harvest strike against the ongoing grape pricing scandal in DO Cava. More than... more »
Big Cava flexes its muscles, to pay 30% less for grapes
by Miquel Hudin | 19-08-2019
After the departure of the Corpinnat wineries at the start of this year, one would have thought DO Cava didn’t need any more bad press, but yet, it was announced last week that the large... more »
Corpinnat and the death of fine Cava?
by Miquel Hudin | 01-02-2019
At the end of January, the lucky wineries in Penedès, Catalunya were those out pruning their vines. Then there were others, dealing with heavy affairs that don’t happen every year, but perhaps once a generation.... more »
Wonderful Gran Reserva Cavas for unreasonable times
by Miquel Hudin | 15-12-2018
It’s roundabout mid-December when the bubbly articles inevitably percolate throughout all manners of media. The codified thinking is that for these festive times, you’ll want what has been deemed the most celebratory of drinks: sparkling... more »
The ever-mighty Xarel·lo. Recaredo: Turó d’en Mota 2006 & Serral del Vell 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 29-10-2018
Perhaps it’s because t hasn’t popped up on #sommlife or the less-used but seemingly less annoying #awesomm. Or, perhaps it’s just that the punt volat (·) tosses people for a wobbly, but Xarel·lo is still... more »
The Cava cometh: Vilarnau Gran Reserva 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 03-10-2018
The drift from summer into the cooler, breathier vectors comprising fall is made ever so obvious by the sudden rise of sparkling wine promotion. Gearing people up for the winter holidays means getting the word... more »