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Miquel Hudin

@hudin.com
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Designed in California. Oddly European. www.hudin.com

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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 29/09/2026
So apparently summer is now running from the end of April to the end of September. What a party...
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 25/09/2026
Konektaufkomfortügen - Old German for the warm feeling of arriving to a hotel you've stayed in previously and your phone automatically connects to the wifi.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 22/09/2026
Get yer mind out of the gutter and into a wine shop!
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 22/09/2026
Cinsault, of course. What were you thinking? letter.hudin.com/p/the-c-word
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The ‘C’ Word
‘Cinsault’, of course.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 15/09/2026
Fuck yeah, Fumé Blanc!
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 14/09/2026
I do opt to use the fitness tracker although that might change with Google as the owner now
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 14/09/2026
Damn straight
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 13/09/2026
"Mr. Altman wrote that for “many kinds of labor,” wages “will fall toward zero,”" Just one look at Sam Altman's face tells you you're discussing particle physics with beached algae. Why is he seen as such a prophet? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...
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Opinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well.
We won’t get fooled again.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
In light of this, I'm pulling piece from 2020 out from behind the paywall which looked at how to build a better wine writing award once the previous award of reference, The Roederers came to an end. www.hudin.com/rethinking-t...
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Rethinking the wine writing award
The 2020 James Beard Awards have in effect been cancelled, which has been yet another one of those big things being axed by 2020.If you're not familiar with the James Beard Awards, it's meant to be a ...
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
Indeed. How it even made the Shortlist is beyond me. This newsletter has only three other posts and 8 subscribers in total. Numbers aren't everything, but it's awfully questionable. Additionally, supposed author worked for 67 Pall Mall previously. That's usually a disqualifier as well.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
I received it from a colleague this morning and immediately could see why he sent it. Ran it through Pangram just to be sure.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
Always possible, but it's pretty solid and did you actually read the piece?
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
Agreed, albeit, that should have been checked upon submission, although I don't recall the guidelines stating you can't use AI. I suspect this may change.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
In the total history of intellectual thieves, plagiarists, and now blatant AI users, has the person responsible said, "Oh yeah, I totally did that." when confronted?
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
67awards.com/2026
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2026 Awards — The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
So what are we to make of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards granting a prize to a 100% AI generated piece of short-form writing?
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 09/09/2026
Takeaway reads that a Very Important Bro felt that his mansplaining wasn't being listened to and decided to vote against the other 11 people on the jury, despite actually agreeing with them. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Lindsay Clancy jurors speak out on what led to mistrial
The three jurors said after 40 hours, a lone male juror wouldn't agree with the rest of the panel to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 08/09/2026
Having a lengthy look at what the platform means for wine writers and maybe, many others. letter.hudin.com/p/of-substac...
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Of Substack & wine
All that’s being poured for your reading enjoyment in what is currently the most dynamic platform for wine media.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 06/09/2026
If you have a two-star beach hotel, always stay on brand
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 05/09/2026
Sorta escalated quickly. Or descalated? Dunno. My pasta is ready.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 05/09/2026
I support life in prison (EU sentences of max 20 years are too lenient) but not the death penalty. Even just one conviction being overturned would be enough to invalidate it.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 05/09/2026
Why do the people in the US who love the death penalty always look like this? Because they're already dead on the inside.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 04/09/2026
Why try to run and make white wine when there are those doing it so well already? www.hudin.com/acustic-cell...
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Acústic Celler – Blanc 2024
With the free fall in the wine world which may or may not be stabilizing despite all of us who love wine doing our part to drink it, producers are still trying to figure out wtf to do. And it seems th...
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 03/09/2026
Yeah, it'd be akin to me selling most anything from Bordeaux.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 03/09/2026
Hmm, I wonder how that will shake up
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 03/09/2026
Yes, Monsieur Wanker. How many Gilbeys you got up there?!
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 03/09/2026
This is something that Gilbey has really been leaning in to. Don't see much merit to it myself as there's so much more to a wine than its finish.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 01/09/2026
I will have to add 'inimitable' to my CV
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 01/09/2026
Wine ain't selling? How about making a wine that's not a wine? www.hudin.com/reinventing-...
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Reinventing the wine
Unlike most other alcohols, selling wine over the last half century has required not just branding, but a narrative, and despite being very aware of this, wine has never actually managed to fully cont...
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 29/08/2026
Touch slow at the moment what with the death throes of summer holidays. Here's a piece I've taken out from behind the paywall which is a lengthy look at Armenian wines. Enjoy! www.hudin.com/an-introduct...
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An introduction to Armenian wines
Armenia, along with Georgia, Azerbaijan, Northern Iran, and Eastern Turkey all form this Cradle of Wine region in the Caucasus Mountains where we currently believe the winemaking we know today to have...
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 28/08/2026
I am more than a touch proud of hitting this parking in Barceloneta despite gum-faced tourists looking on.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 28/08/2026
I hope I'm dead long before I'm this sad and weak, if it's even possible for a normal person to actually be that sad and weak. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 25/08/2026
The snark never sleeps! letter.hudin.com/p/cul-de-cuv...
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Cul de Cuvée: Bali & the Cheese Bank
The recently-random bits.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 21/08/2026
It's like the pilot of a plane warning about severe turbulence ahead while the idiot next to you is bitching about how the airline is fascist because they stopped the drink service. www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
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El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office
Scientists say the growing El Niño weather pattern is an "unprecedented event" and means 2027 is likely to be the world's hottest year on record.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 20/08/2026
Translation: To keep offering you the same exact service and fund our pointless AI bankruptcy, we'll be happily raising your price by 14%! 😀
A screenshot of an email stating that Youtube Premium is being raised by 14%
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 18/08/2026
Because there is no taste as sweet as stone. letter.hudin.com/p/the-taste-...
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The taste of stone
You need more than an excavator to create a Grand Cru vineyard, but it definitely helps.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 11/08/2026
Pink, it can make you think letter.hudin.com/p/a-return-t...
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A return to pink
Because pink is pink, but not all pink is the same.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 09/08/2026
Unless it was from Alsace or Slovenia, my condolences on recently shedding your mortal coil.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 09/08/2026
You've given up on life
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 09/08/2026
For anyone who gives a rat's, I did the Meta Verified free trial for a month and saw truly no difference in anything other than having a blue check that would proudly state I'm paying Zuckerbucks for the honor.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 09/08/2026
Estic fart... És com una barreja de la calor del 22 amb l'humidat del 18. Quin pastis bonic.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 07/08/2026
"Apparently authorities were tipped off when the two-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta he was piloting, while high on cocaine and meth, arrived an hour ahead of schedule." open.substack.com/pub/hudin/p/...
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Cul de Cuvée: Death & vomit bottles
The recently-random bits.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 04/08/2026
Indeed. I've long found that these self proclamations are always wrong. It's why the Georgians wisely changed from their marketing from "the birthplace of wine" to "the cradle of wine".
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 04/08/2026
Watch this and share it heavily to show the abject brutality of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 04/08/2026
Depends on how you define 'Europe' as there are considerably higher vineyards in Tenerife, but there are vineyards in the Catalan Pyrénées at the same or slightly more elevation not to mention some in Andorra at 1,300m.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 04/08/2026
Just be thankful there are men who choose 'shirt'.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 31/07/2026
Honestly, I don't think I've ever drank a single one, at least not knowingly. Might have been tucked away in a competition.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 31/07/2026
There are just so many, not to mention the others that peaked and dropped.
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 31/07/2026
"Tail Fail" too on the nose?
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 30/07/2026
'were'?
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