Hudin: yr. 10 no. 3

Be wine curious

Hudin: 10 no. 3

There may be a light at the end of the tunnel depending upon where you live, or things may be continuing as they are. Regardless, we continue in this period of strangeness and hopefully wine is part of that for you?

We start out by looking back to March and an international judging of the grape, Sauvignon Blanc. Much-maligned by people in the wine trade who find it too simplistic, this trip to visit, Sauvignon Blanc in the Loire was eyeopening to show that there are so many different styles of the grape and hey, it was in the Loire Valley which is gorgeous beyond gorgeous with castles seemingly every 10 paces and vines in between them.

And now, this:

The fall and rise of Pinotage

Rupert Millar writes a fantastic piece taking aim at all those who immediately sneer their nose in the direction of South Africa's "native" grape by pointing out there's a lot more to this variety than what cheap supermarket wines of yore used to offer.

The DOQ Priorat box

If you like the wines of DO…