Miquel Hudin is an

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- Croatian writer based in

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. He created a series of wine travel books called,

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in 2008. He additionally writes for his website, Hudin.com since its launch in 2011.

Biography

Originally from the interior of Northern California, Miquel moved to

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for university and while there, started working for the Inglenook winery in

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in 1999. He worked in various other wine trade capacities including an importer of Central European wines which lead to a growing interest in wine. After traveling extensively around the

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, he founded the Vinologue series in 2008. The premise of the books was to bridge the gap between traditional travel guidebooks and large, glossy wine books to make various wine regions as approachable as possible to wine drinkers of any level. Since moving to Catalonia, Spain in 2012, he has been a regular contributor to

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, Harpers Wine & Spirit, Guild of Sommeliers, JancisRobinson.com, and the Catalan language publication, Vadevi. He is a regular judge in international wine competitions such as the Decanter World Wine Awards and he leads wine courses. He is also very active in promoting the quality wines of boutique cellars from both DOQ Priorat as well as DO Montsant. He was selected as the recipient of the Geoffrey Roberts Award for his book on the wines for the

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that was released in 2017. He was also named "Best Drink Writer of the Year" in the annual Fortnum & Mason Awards.

Other Ventures

Miquel was one of the original developers and eventually the director of

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's "Virtual Studio". He also co-founded

The Tender ''The Tender'' was a news blog published 2009–2011, covering life in San Francisco's fifty square block Tenderloin District. History Originally titled "The Tenderblog", The Tender was published by couple Èlia Varela Serra (a native of Spain) ...

(2009-2011), a local news website for San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. as well as Maneno (2008-2010), a non-profit,

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startup focused on creating a platform for news and blogging in Africa, in local languages.

Awards

* Millesima Wine & Innovation Award 2020 * Fortnum & Mason Best Drink Writer 2017 * Geoffrey Roberts Award 2016

References

External links

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