Bodegas Ausàs – Interpretación 2021

by Miquel Hudin | 04-03-2024

Reverse psychology can be a bitch when selling a wine. I say this as I have to assume that the following quote from a recent article reviewing wines from Ribera del Duero was attempting such... more »

Straight takes from Peter Sisseck

by Miquel Hudin | 12-02-2024

When working on the Ribero del Duero Report last year, I made a stop to Pingus and was fortunate to be able to have a lengthy chat with owner, founder and head of everything, Peter... more »

The wines of DO Ribera del Duero 2023

by Miquel Hudin | 04-12-2023

For years now, DO Ribera del Duero has fascinated me. At face value it’s “simply” another one of the Tempranillo-dominated Denominations of Origin in Spain such as DO Toro, DO Cigales, and of course, DOC... more »

Viña Vilano, Ribera del Duero, Spain

by Miquel Hudin | 07-07-2023

Here we have a look at a selection of current wines from Viña Vilano in DO Ribera del Duero. For those who regard Ribera del Duero as having “always” existed, the DO was only established... more »

Terra Remota, Catalunya / Pagos de Anguix, Ribera del Duero

by Miquel Hudin | 10-04-2023

I’ve batched these tasting notes together as both wine offerings fit this moment of springtime being that they’re all quite fresh wines–despite being from vastly different regions in Spain. In addition to freshness, the wines... more »

Pagos de Anguix – Costalara 2020

by Miquel Hudin | 08-03-2023

In terms of the Tempranillo Intensity Index (if such a thing exists), I usually rank the dominant Tempranillo regions from lowest to highest in intensity as: Rioja, Ribera del Duero, and Toro. I’ve never been... more »

The tale of two Reservas: Rioja vs. Ribera del Duero

by Miquel Hudin | 23-11-2022

Such an article could have easily been titled, “I drank these two supermarket Tempranillos so you didn’t have to” but in all fairness maybe one or the other of these two wines is actually very... more »

Two very different sides of DO Ribera del Duero

by Miquel Hudin | 08-04-2022

This is a short comparison of the wines from Abadía de San Quirce and Bodegas Veganzones. While both are located in DO Ribera del Duero, they illustrate just how much difference there can be in... more »

Tasting the current line of Bodegas Protos

by Miquel Hudin | 17-02-2021

There are many great aspects of Bodegas Protos in Ribera del Duero, but for the sake of this article there are two that stand out as the most important. The first is that they make... more »

Ribera del Duero to shine a light on their whites

by Miquel Hudin | 01-08-2019

The Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spanish State Bulletin) isn’t light reading. There are sticky gobs of technical announcements for absolutely all facets of the government but, if one is willing to hone in on the... more »