Articles
A comparative tasting of Vins de Taller
by Editorial | 28-05-2015
As we’ve mentioned before, Vins de Taller doesn’t get a lot of love up in Empordà. This is due primarily to their being just outside the Denomination of Origin and being under the much larger... more »
Batič Angel Rosso Grand Cuvee 2007
by Miquel Hudin | 26-05-2015
The name Batič comes up here and there on this website. There are many reasons behind this, but the main driving force is that wines of Miha and his family are quite simply, excellent. They’re... 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 »
Torelló’s Cava & the Cabernet Sauvignon problem
by Miquel Hudin | 22-03-2015
The Girona chapter of the Catalan Sommelier Association was gracious enough to invite me to attend one of their vertical tastings of a Cava and a red from the cellar Torelló in DO Penedès last... more »
Wines from a Stone
by Miquel Hudin | 05-03-2015
I offer up the profile of two wines from Vins de Pedra. A well-known winery from Empordà is La Vinyeta and is run by husband and wife team Josep Serra (who is originally from the... more »
In The Glass: Vins de Taller – Geum 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 20-01-2015
It’s been tricky for the organic winery of Vins de Taller as while they’re an Empordà winery they’re not a DO Empordà winery. This is due mostly to sitting just outside the geographical borders of... more »
Three wine kings
by Miquel Hudin | 06-01-2015
In countries where Christmas is celebrated there seems to be a split based upon whether you think gifts should be exchanged on Jesus’s birthday, December 25th or likely when the Three Kings showed up to... more »
Returning to the original grape
by Miquel Hudin | 29-12-2014
Last Friday in the Guardian, an article ran about the efforts to save the native wine grapes of the world. It focused mostly on Spaniard, Fernando Martínez de Toda and his quest to preserve what... more »
Tasting the Castell de Raimat collection
by Miquel Hudin | 18-03-2013
Sometime back, I joked that the Costers del Segre winery, Raimat was more reliable than god. The reasoning behind this is that they have a very nice price point for their wines and so you... more »