Articles
Checking in with Mas Alta, Priorat
by Miquel Hudin | 07-06-2023
It’s been nearly a quarter century since Mas Alta was founded in 1999 in the small village of la Vilella Alta of DOQ Priorat, but it’s covered a lot of ground during all those years.... more »
Having a new look at DOQ Priorat 2014
by Miquel Hudin | 04-04-2023
Rummaging about the cellar with a strong(er) desire than usual to drink some Priorat wines, I came across several that were from the 2014 vintage for some reason. I can only assume that they were... more »
Alicia i Josep Viticultors: Tentiber – Vi de Paratge 2019
by Miquel Hudin | 26-01-2023
I was recently asked by a colleague, “Do you ever get tired of drinking Priorat wines?” My face must have gone some form of a ghastly confusion as he quickly followed up with, “I mean,... more »
Expanding beyond wine’s harvest horizons
by Miquel Hudin | 09-12-2022 ~ 2 Comments
Despite the claim that people want "unique experiences" these days, when visiting wine regions, they tend to do it in more or less the same time frame. For the Northern Hemisphere that means, May with... more »
A new look at Garnatxa Peluda… in Alella
by Miquel Hudin | 14-11-2022
Whatever you do, don’t call it, “downy” Grenache. Much like how the peppers from Cuba are often misspelled as “habañeros” in the US or the Georgian aging vessel for wines is incorrectly transcribed as, “qveri”... more »
A Mediterranean exchange, Priorat on Hvar
by Miquel Hudin | 04-11-2022
“Well, we like our wines strong here.” It was a statement that I was to hear in various forms during a recent trip to the island of Hvar on the coast of Croatia. In this... more »
Eight wines from Montsant to know right now
by Miquel Hudin | 12-08-2022
I’ve been working on the review for the latest edition of a well-known, 700-page wine reference. About midway through, I had to pause for a bit when I came across this mention of DO Montsant,... more »
Ora Hotel, Priorat’s newest lodging destination
by Miquel Hudin | 10-08-2022
Today sees the grand opening of the Ora Hotel in Torroja, a lovely stone village at the dead center of the Priorat wine region. It’s an opening that got quite delayed from its original timeline... more »
The wines of DOQ Priorat 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 14-07-2022
The wine industry continues to find itself in a wealth of challenges which is why this report on DOQ Priorat (and its corresponding Tasting Report) was one of the most difficult to put together in... more »
The wines of DO Montsant 2022
by Miquel Hudin | 20-06-2022
I’m very happy to be releasing the latest tasting report for DO Montsant today. Over half of the nearly 90 wines tasted resided within the vintage boundaries of 2018, 2019, and 2020. But, with 1/4... more »