Articles
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 »
In the Glass: Domaine de Courcel – Bourgogne Rouge 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 30-09-2019
To love the wines of Burgundy has for some time been a cursed passion as the prices for top wines make them far too costly to enjoy on regular occasion unless perhaps one is a... more »
A review of “SOMM 3”
by Miquel Hudin | 15-02-2019
The gang behind the original SOMM documentary that was a sleeper hit back in 2012 (yeah, seven years ago…) have come back with yet another installment for our viewing pleasure. What’s curious about all things... more »
Continued Mornington exploration: Crittenden Estate – Peninsula Pinot Noir 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 08-12-2018
Awhile back I’d written about an oddity that piqued my curiosity which was produced by Crittenden Estate on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. I’m not sure if that wine is a one-off, but it’s... more »
The Cava cometh: Vilarnau Gran Reserva 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 03-10-2018
The drift from summer into the cooler, breathier vectors comprising fall is made ever so obvious by the sudden rise of sparkling wine promotion. Gearing people up for the winter holidays means getting the word... more »