Articles
Under a summer sky with Vinyes Domènech
by Miquel Hudin | 12-08-2021
Like most everything during the pandemic of the last year and a half, enotourism has had to pivot and change from what had become standard issue. Showing up to a winery and tasting a couple... more »
Priorat’s Fira del Vi 2021, changing for the times
by Miquel Hudin | 24-05-2021
The Fira del Vi is the Priorat county’s annual wine fair for both appellations contained in it, DOQ Priorat as well as DO Montsant. Unfortunately, like all wine events in the spring of 2020, it... more »
Sant Martí, birth to new wine & death to pigs
by Miquel Hudin | 13-11-2020
The day of Saint Martin of Tours is November 11th and it doesn’t go unnoticed in Spain. Across the whole country and especially in Catalunya, it’s touted as the day to slaughter pigs and drink... more »
The DO Montsant 2020 harvest comes to a close
by Miquel Hudin | 23-10-2020
Essentially all the vineyards within the DO Montsant have been picked this year. According to their official statistics, only a handful in the north are still to arrive so in effect, the harvest has closed.... more »
New DO Montsant wineries to know, 2020 edition
by Miquel Hudin | 21-09-2020
The Denomination of Origin Montsant wasn’t even in existence 20 years ago and yet, it’s proven to be a Spanish DO very much on the move. What started out as a collection of just a... more »
Bell Cros, where paths meet in DO Montsant
by Miquel Hudin | 10-07-2020
In goes without saying that Stockholm is further from Barcelona just as Barcelona is further from Priorat. And, Barcelona is farther from the Priorat county than its capital, Falset is from the Aiguasals paratge that’s... more »
The wines of DO Montsant in 2020
by Miquel Hudin | 28-05-2020
Someone possessing a mild gift of foresight would have bought stock in the company, Zoom at the beginning of last December. Someone of even greater foresight would have bought vineyards in what became the DO... more »
Spring without spring in Priorat
by Miquel Hudin | 01-05-2020
Today would have marked the opening of the Fira del Vi, our annual wine fair here in Priorat. But, like all public events this spring, it was canceled long ago and they’ve scheduled a series... more »
A new Carignan at a new project in the Montsant: Bell Cros – El Tracte 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 23-03-2020
DOQ Priorat has the lead over DO Montsant in terms of overall cellars (nearly double at 110 vs 60 respectively) but it’s important to keep in mind that DO Montsant is less than 1/3 as... more »
The wines of DOQ Priorat & DO Montsant in 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 23-09-2019
I’ve been tasting the wines of DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant for nearly a decade now and am quite happy to present tasting reports of each region’s current releases for 2019. Having written individual books... more »