Articles
The Amphora Project
by Miquel Hudin | 01-09-2018
Everyone knows everyone in Catalunya’s Priorat region but after living there on and off for two years, for some reason I didn’t know Albert. He was the assistant winemaker at a prominent winery and had... more »
A Priorat tasting of Carignan without borders
by Miquel Hudin | 02-05-2018
Fully booked! Sorry for those who couldn’t get in this time around! I have admittedly been a bit crazy about Carignan lately. It’s no wonder as I posted this large, “Grand Tasting of Carignan” from... more »
Sangenís i Vaqué: a Priorat family
by Miquel Hudin | 17-11-2017
Having roots in Spain’s Priorat wine region means having a family that has seen some incredibly bleak times. While in the late 1800s the region experienced a boom, due to phylloxera blighting France, once the... more »
The story of Triaca
by Miquel Hudin | 24-07-2017
I can’t properly remember the first time nor even the first place that I bumped into Santi. I feel that it was in Falset during a Vi de Vila tasting was where we first met... more »
Another great year in the square for Nit de les Carinyenes
by Miquel Hudin | 02-05-2017
Nit de les Carinyenes (“The night of the Carignans”) just saw its 9th edition last week. For those who sadly may yet be unaware of this event, it’s put on yearly by the Porrera Cellars... more »
Sangenís i Vaqué – Lo Bancal de Granatxa 2015
by Miquel Hudin | 31-01-2017
Across the square from my home sits the family winery of Sangenís i Vaqué. It was founded by Pere Sangenís and his wife, Conxita Vaqué, who have run it for years, thus the quite reasonable... more »
Bridging wine’s language silos
by Miquel Hudin | 30-09-2016
Vinum is a wine shop in my adopted village of Porrera where it’s usually the mother of the family that owns it, Cori who you’ll find behind the counter. She’s from the next county over,... more »
The rebirth of the Escanyavella grape in Priorat
by Miquel Hudin | 20-05-2016
There existed many old grape varieties in Catalonia; many of them in much greater numbers before phylloxera. In the days that followed this catastrophic attack to European winemaking there was something of a viticultural reckoning... more »
And the Porrera wine gang was all there
by Miquel Hudin | 01-04-2016
As was usually when coming in from one of the trails around the village of Porrera, my dog had spotted a cat and ran off through the houses. We’ve been through this game many times... more »
Celler Ardèvol in Porrera now with visits
by Editorial | 19-12-2015
Back when we were researching the Priorat book, when it came time to do a profile of Ardèvol, we ran in to a bit of a dead-end as Pep Ardèvol wasn’t all that interested in... more »