Articles
Food Through Wine: Bar Cortijo, Tarragona, Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 20-09-2023
A regular series that reviews dining through the lens of wine. Tarragona is something of a strange city. It’s not small as it’s the second largest city in Catalunya that’s not in the Barcelona metropolitan... more »
Vinovalie Sans Culotte Blanc 2020
by Miquel Hudin | 01-09-2023
I won’t lie, there’s an excitement for me in discovering new wines and it’s why the core of this site is to “be wine curious.” I do realize for the vast majority of winedrinkers, this... more »
A review of “Un vin dans les voiles”
by Miquel Hudin | 30-08-2023
Documentaries in the wine world can be something of a tough order. Wine is, by its nature, rather boring to watch on a screen and infinitely more fun to drink. This is why I was... more »
Food Through Wine: Mallorca
by Miquel Hudin | 17-05-2023
A regular series that reviews dining through the lens of wine. It seems only fitting that if one is to talk about Mallorcan wines, when one should talk about where to eat in Mallorca. Whenever... more »
A book review of “To Fall in Love, Drink This”
by Miquel Hudin | 26-09-2022
There are few writers such as Alice Feiring that can achieve such an impressive level of discussions and heated debates in the world of wine without having to constantly-wallow in dead-end Twitter spats. Remember that... more »
The only pét-nat I ever loved
by Miquel Hudin | 14-04-2022
I don’t have the most glorious of histories with pétillant naturel aka “pét-nat”. In general, most of what I’ve had would be best described as, “rude”. Short in the mouth and yes, fruity, but yet... more »
Revisiting an urban favorite: Broc Cellars
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2022
Back in 2011, I was spending a good deal of time at a local San Francisco bar called, Koko Cocktails. Beyond enjoying a drink, my reasons for this were twofold. Number one with a bullet... more »
A book review of “The Goode Guide to Wine”
by Miquel Hudin | 08-07-2020 ~ 2 Comments
"The Goode Guide to Wine" is the newest book from long-time wine blogger, prolific and well-regarded British author, Jamie Goode that sees release in September. Having a PhD in plant biology, most of his books... more »
Mister Joly & Me
by Miquel Hudin | 18-05-2020
Nicolas Joly gains admiration and/or scorn from vast and disparate sources. Since at least the 7th edition (and probably previous to that) in the hefty reference tome, the “World Atlas of Wine”, the “cru” vineyards... more »
In The Glass: Niepoort Nat’cool Tinto 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 13-04-2020
While the Niepoort name had piqued interest to buy this wine online, once it arrived, the presentation was a bit perplexing. The one liter bottle format was solid and welcome (Elisabeta Foradori does a similar... more »