Sherry gets official. Pinot Grigio gets good? And SO2 hate gets real.
Year 12, No. 09
Greetings,
And let us stroll into a fine autumn or, as we in Western Europe still swimming in the sea seem to be experiencing, "Summer Lite".
In keeping on brand with an exceedingly strange year (what's new?) there has been a lengthy period of warmth that continues with us on into the end of October and who knows how much longer.
Despite all of this, the 2022 harvest in many parts of Europe seems to be turning out well, despite the relentless heat we had throughout the summer. Time will tell as even up until last week some grapes were still coming in!
On the plus side, this means we haven't had to start using energy to heat our homes which is something that's bound to get ugly this winter thanks to Russia's ongoing invasion and brutality in Ukraine.
IN THE NEWS
What was meant as a simple announcement of a policy we've had in place for the past year on Hudin.com, this statement that wines reviewed on the site must have added SO2 (*) in them garnered a really huge reaction in the wine communi…