Articles
A drop of natural water
by Miquel Hudin | 07-01-2020
One may look far and wide, but the casal of any Catalan village is a four-walled testament to the religion of concrete that dominated Spanish construction in the later 20th century. It does only as... more »
Sicus, when wine is made in the vineyard
by Miquel Hudin | 12-07-2019
Driving forty five minutes covers a lot of ground in the wine world. It affords a 41km view of the entire Côte d’Or in Burgundy. Similarly, it will see you go from the top to... more »
Üllo: Why the wine sulfites & headaches myth never dies…
by Miquel Hudin | 06-12-2018 ~ 2 Comments
So as is typically the case, the claim was framed as such: "A wine filter that will make your pinot noir headaches disappear" and as always, the claim was most assuredly not true and probably... more »
When “natural” comes a knockin’. Mascorrubí Heretat 1297 – Annat 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 09-07-2018
Sometime back I was sent a couple of wines from a local region that actually had “natural” writ large upon the label. This was a new one to me as anyone producing wines of this... more »
Georgian wine evolution: Kvevri gold at Decanter Awards
by Miquel Hudin | 04-07-2018
Given my living location and writing focus I’m viewed as a “Spain person” for the Decanter Awards. This is great and I’m very happy to judge these wines but I made a mention to the... more »
Natural wines in Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 23-04-2018
For some reason, the “Ides of April” have become the time to write about “natural” wines in most any publication. I have no proper idea why except that it’s a busy, yet stagnant time as... more »
Wine Predictions for 2018
by Miquel Hudin | 20-01-2018
Sending out predictions for a year, three weeks into the year may seem a bit ridiculous but I needed to wait for statistics to come out in order to rate last year’s predictions. So, this... more »
In The Glass: Markus Altenburger – Red 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 12-01-2018
Blaufränkisch and Plavac Mali were some of the first grapes I plunged into when starting to venture outside of my Californian safety net many years ago. It was however not the easiest grape for me... more »
Neither “whole” nor “food”, Don Simón in a healthy place?
by Miquel Hudin | 23-09-2017
Whole Foods Market has been in the news a great deal recently as it was purchased by Amazon. More market-driven minds than mine have picked apart this deal to no end, so there’s little reason... more »
Amber versus Orange wine
by Miquel Hudin | 19-06-2017
This is an expanded excerpt from the new Georgian wine book Red wines in Georgia–whether aged in kvevri, barrel, tank, or what have you–are indeed some take on the color we all know as “red”... more »