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8 Things We Drank While Working From Home This Month

8 Things We Drank While Working From Home This Month
Think of this as our monthly answer to, ’so what have you been into lately?’ — fresh updates from Portfolio Managers with unfiltered intel on why we’re drinking what we are. It’s the end of February. It’s cold. It’s COVID....

The 2020 Austria Vintage Report

The 2020 Austria Vintage Report
Above: Ludwig Hiedler of Weingut Hiedler in the Kamptal. After spending the better part of January interviewing growers from all over Germany and Austria, we have a good feeling for the growing conditions of the vintage and what this points to...

Scheu to the World!

Scheu to the World!
WHAT’S SCHEUREBE, YOU ASK? Scheurebe (Sh-oy-Rey-Buh) is an oft-misunderstood and wonderful grape variety. A cross of Riesling and Bukettraube (Silvaner x Trollinger), Scheurebe is highly aromatic with bracing, Riesling-like acidity. In the right hands, it can produce wines in a...

Things We’re Feeling Right Now

Things We’re Feeling Right Now
WHAT WE’RE DRINKING — SIMPLE AS THAT ‘Member when we made that promise to share more staff picks in 2021 since you loved our picks so much in 2020? (Oh you don’t? Awkward. See our ‘Top Posts of 2020’ here....

Pour Yourself a (Jancis) Glass & Enjoy Our Top Posts of 2020

Pour Yourself a (Jancis) Glass & Enjoy Our Top Posts of 2020
FIND OUR JANCIS GLASSWARE CATALOGUE HERE. WHATTA YEAR. We at Skurnik are endlessly proud of our Portfolio Management team, who, among seemingly hundreds of other responsibilities, are frequent contributors to the blog and our social media presence (shameless plug: catch...

Reel Cocktails: 2020 Holiday Edition

Reel Cocktails: 2020 Holiday Edition
This winter, your Friendly Skurnik Spirits Team trades pages for pictures, switching out our Books & Booze Cocktail series for a collection of libations inspired by a few of our favorite holiday films. Net-mix and Chill? That’s right—we said it....