Articles

Charles Collin, Champagne, France
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2023
Having a look at some of the current releases from Charles Collin, a Champagne house that has some 140 growers providing grapes from 330ha and a strong focus on Pinot Noir which makes up 92%... more »

A taste of Fiddlehead & talk with Kathy Joseph
by Miquel Hudin | 27-04-2022
If you work in the wine trade, Fiddlehead Cellars is very much a known entity. As one of the founding wineries of Sta. Rita Hills AVA in Southern California, winemaker Kathy Joseph and her wines... more »

The wines of Petaluma Gap AVA 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 08-03-2022
Napa Valley has long-claimed the wealth of headlines about California wine. The irony in this is that it produces but 4% of all wine in California each year. Sonoma County to the west of Napa... more »

In The Glass – Clément Châtenoy Menetou-Salon Tradition 2017
by Miquel Hudin | 21-10-2021
In March of 2020 I was in the Loire Valley judging a Sauvignon Blanc competition that would effectively be my last travel outside of Spain for a year and a half. Due to quickly-changing conditions,... more »

A perspective tasting of Alta Alella’s “10”
by Miquel Hudin | 14-10-2021
There are many reasons to get to know the winery of Alta Alella in Catalunya. The easiest one to understand is the location as it sits on a hill with an splendid view of the... more »

In The Glass: Domaine Changarnier – Pierrefitte 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 11-05-2021
The thankless chore in tasting wines from Bourgogne (*) is the never-ending quest to find those that you can not only enjoy but also that you can “readily” afford. This was a large part of... more »

In The Glass: André Clouet Brut Millésimé 2008
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2021
And now for something different as I don’t really drink much Champagne. I know, I know, it’s horridly sacrilegious as I’ve been told repeatedly by many a colleague in the UK wine trade. But, being... more »

In The Glass: Sugrue – The Trouble with Dreams 2010
by Miquel Hudin | 30-12-2020
Let’s just take a moment, inhale deeply and envision the spring of 2016. I don’t work at Facebook, so I don’t know where you were, but I remember very well where I was. It was... more »

Finding Clímax in Can Ràfols dels Caus
by Miquel Hudin | 11-09-2020
In tasting samples for articles about the Penedès region, the wines from one winery would continually appear in the top. For an article about the white wines in Penedès, “La Calma” was one of the... more »

In The Glass: Toto Marqués – Prades 950 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 01-07-2020
There’s been a justified push to promote “terroir” insofar as it relates to wine. This French word, which means “sense of place” or more simply, “locale” is all fine and good unless it’s the case... more »