Articles
The 2014 Priorat harvest
by Miquel Hudin | 06-12-2014 ~ 1 Comment
At the beginning of May I stopped in to visit a garagiste winemaker friend in the Catalan village of Capçanes. He was out removing excess growth in his small two-hectare vineyard of Garnatxa Peluda (Lladoner... more »
The future of wine, is seemingly up
by Miquel Hudin | 19-11-2014 ~ 1 Comment
For anyone who hops around the wine world, you start to notice a common thread which is that the highest elevation vineyards produce some of the most interesting wines. It's not a fact that they... more »
Signs, wonderful signs for Catalan wines
by Miquel Hudin | 13-11-2014 ~ 1 Comment
For the directionally impaired, the government of Catalonia has set about to install signs that indicate when you are entering one of the 10 Denomination of Origin regions that are easily signed. There are actually... more »
A year for the table
by Miquel Hudin | 23-10-2014
At the beginning of May, during the Fira del Vi, I stopped in to visit a friend in the village of Capçanes in Priorat as he was out removing excess growth in his small vineyard... more »
On Catalan Independence and wine
by Miquel Hudin | 29-09-2014
With Catalan president, Artur Mas signing the authorization for the non-binding Catalan Independence Referendum on Saturday, it's opened up a cyclone of questions, mainly due to the fact that Spain, unlike the more enlightened United... more »
A new Poboleda villager, Brots Restaurant
by Miquel Hudin | 13-09-2014
Despite being awash in world class wines from both DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant, it's no secret that the Priorat comarca in which both of these wine regions reside does not have a great wealth... more »
Sitting down with Fredi Torres
by Editorial | 18-08-2014
Fredi Torres is a busy guy. If you follow his Instagram you'll see that he'd often traveling, drinking good wine, eating good food, or just dealing with an overabundance of tomatoes. All joking aside, the... more »
To somm or not to somm
by Miquel Hudin | 11-08-2014
At the end of last week I was having a meal with friends in the Priorat village of Porrera at La Cooperativa. The friends in question happened to be Albert and Roger of Vall Llach... more »
A further history of Priorat’s “clos” wineries
by Miquel Hudin | 02-08-2014
When we started researching the first edition of our Priorat book two years ago, one of the big goals was to unravel all the various versions of history that are known to crisscross DOQ Priorat.... more »
For a fresh summer, White Grenache
by Miquel Hudin | 24-06-2014
As if to emphasize just how "fresh" summer can be, it's pouring rain and about 24C while I write this article, which is a slightly adapted version from my wine column. But, suffice to say,... more »