Articles
An oasis of wine in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
by Miquel Hudin | 01-10-2018
A brief “vacation” last year was spent zipping around Israel to see bits I hadn’t seen during my first trip in 2014. The main population centers of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are in the dead... more »
Value a go-go: Lidl Crémant de Bourgogne Brut NV
by Miquel Hudin | 25-07-2018
I don’t frequent the Lidl wine selection as much as I used to. It’s not as tight as it is in the UK and seems to have cozied up to the fact that Spaniards largely... more »
Kazakhstani Saperavi (& Pinot Noir!) – Arba Assa Valley
by Miquel Hudin | 27-01-2018
Whenever visiting a region in the name of wine, I always try to push the public transportation option so as to reduce car congestion on country roads (ahem, Napa) and of course not worry about... more »
In The Glass: Haden Fig – Eola Amity Hills Pinot Noir 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 20-09-2017
If there’s one thing that’s exactly the same for me living in Spain as it was living in California, it’s the amount of wine from the Willamette Valley in Oregon that I drink which is... more »
In The Glass: Marimar Estate – Don Miguel Vineyard 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 30-08-2017
Marimar Estate is a Torres family venture that’s run my namesake, Marimar Torres in the gilded wine lands of California. Started in 1986, she’s built a solid winery business in the Sonoma Valley with wines... more »
Fanagoria – Cru Lermont Pinot Noir 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 10-08-2017
Russia and wine are not two words oft spoken in the same breath. So while judging at the Decanter Awards in April, in a seriously mixed and exotic flight, my table found themselves presented with... more »
A tale of two New Zealand Pinot Noirs
by Miquel Hudin | 08-01-2017
The wines of New Zealand are probably well-known via different ways depending upon where you are in the world. For instance, when living the US, everyone knew of the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, but few knew... more »
Burgundy 2016
by Miquel Hudin | 28-11-2016
When in Burgundy in March for Grands Jour, it was happier times. The winemakers had come off of the very good and excellent vintages of 2014 and 2015–something generally unheard of in this exalted, yet... more »
WTF? Vaso Ramazashvili – Pinot Noir 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 07-10-2016
When I was browsing around the offer at 8,000 Vintages, I stumbled across this wine which is a Pinot Noir. For those who aren’t up on your Saperavi, Khikhvi, and Rkatsiteli, Pinot Noir is not... more »
Never mind the grapes, here’s the yeast
by Miquel Hudin | 18-07-2016
It seems I have a never-ending treasure trove of articles from the ICCWS 2016 held in Brighton this past May. There was one session that was particularly interesting (well, maybe really) and it was about... more »