Articles
A new look at Alella’s Can Matons
by Miquel Hudin | 14-11-2025
Catalunya’s wine region of Alella is probably unknown by most, including people actually living in Catalunya. One of the more well-known wine stars is Alta Alella (now, Art Laietà) but beyond that, there aren’t that... more »
An arrival to Can Sumoi
by Miquel Hudin | 28-10-2025
It had been a lot of back forth (largely due to my travel schedule), but a couple of weeks ago, I finally managed to get up to Can Sumoi, one of the experimental projects of... more »
Pepe Raventós – Clos del Serral & Clos Petit 2013
by Miquel Hudin | 18-11-2024
If for some reason you’ve never watched the mockumentary that essentially founded the genre, do go and enjoy ‘This is Spinal Tap‘ which is a but a mere 40 years young now in 2024. If... more »
Celler Credo, Penedès, Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 13-06-2024
There was something missing from the recent Penedès report and it was celler Credo. For those unfamiliar with it, these are the still white wines produced by famed sparkling producer, Recaredo and they showing gleamingly... more »
Checking in with Can Sumoi
by Miquel Hudin | 19-02-2024
I don’t like making assumptions, so I’ll just say that I ‘think’ I was one of the first people to review the Can Sumoi wines back in early 2019. A lot of water had passed... more »
Recaredo’s celebration of Turó d’en Mota’s 25 harvests
by Miquel Hudin | 16-10-2023
When a top sparkling wine producer the likes of, Recaredo asks if you can attend a respective tasting of their top-end, single-vineyard, Turó d’en Mota wine, you say yes without hesitation. If it so happens... more »
Pepe Raventós – Mas del Serral 2012
by Miquel Hudin | 03-07-2023
Viewing it as just another year in the grand litany of years we’ve accumulated as a species, I’ve nothing against 2012. In fact, I look back on it rather fondly as I’d just moved to... more »
The wines of DO Alella
by Miquel Hudin | 08-05-2023
In any region, there will always be a DO which is the smallest of all and for Catalunya, that’s DO Alella. Plain to see, yet just out of sight, it literally sits but a few... more »
Heretat Laverna, Penedès, Catalunya
by Miquel Hudin | 08-02-2023
Heretat Laverna is working in the Penedès region and producing all their wines organically as is inline with the region as a whole. These wines are from local/traditional varieties with the exception of the Merlot... more »
Viladomat-Aragó, a new take on organic Penedès whites
by Miquel Hudin | 12-01-2023
The Penedès region is as vast as it is small. Bisected by an ugly gash that is the AP-7 highway, there are more than 30,000ha of vineyards spread across the plain and into the lower... more »