January 5, 2026
Today’s guest is Christopher Loewen, the 33-year-old at the helm of Weingut Carl Loewen, one of the Mosel’s smallest and most impressive estates. Christopher, along with his father Karl-Josef and one other employee, farms some of the oldest ungrafted Riesling vines in the world from... UNFILTERED Archives: News Feature
Episode 4: Giorgio Rivetti
December 29, 2025
Giorgio Rivetti is the man behind the estates of La Spinetta and Contratto in Piedmont, Casanova della Spinetta in Tuscany, and his own import company based in the US, Indigenous Selections, which imports cult favorites such as Chiara Boschis and Ciacci Piccolomini. In this episode, Giorgio reflects on... Spirited Resolutions: What We’re Drinking in 2026 | California Edition
December 23, 2025
What can one say about 2025? It was a whole year—of this we can be certain. 365 days full of joys and frustrations, wins and losses, and a healthy dollop of, “What the…?” Luckily, the Skurnik Spirits Team had the pleasure of welcoming new producers to the... Spirited Resolutions: What We’re Drinking in 2026
What can one say about 2025? It was a whole year—of this we can be certain. 365 days full of joys and frustrations, wins and losses, and a healthy dollop of, “What the…?” Luckily, the Skurnik Spirits Team had the pleasure of welcoming new producers to the...
Episode 3: Christina Turley
Christina is the 2nd generation of the Turley wine family. After cutting her teeth in the hospitality world as a college student in New York at Gramercy Tavern and becoming the sommelier and beverage director for David Chang’s Momofuku family of restaurants,...
Episode 2: Pepe Raventós
December 15, 2025
Pepe Raventós is the renowned winemaker and owner of Can Sumoi, Raventós i Blanc, and his eponymous brand, Vins Pepe Raventós, which produces Mas del Serral. In this episode, he shares his family history in the northern Penedès for 21 generations and the... Episode 1: Michael and Harmon Skurnik
December 8, 2025
The Skurnik Unfiltered Podcast is officially live! The first episode features a lively conversation between Michael and Harmon Skurnik. They dig into the history and future of Skurnik Wines & Spirits—sharing stories about how we got to where we are... Introducing the Skurnik Unfiltered Podcast
December 2, 2025
Over the past year, we’ve invited dozens of winemakers, distillers, and other folks from the industry to sit down with us for interviews at HQ. You’ve probably seen teasers on our Instagram and a few full-length interviews here on the... Old Vines, New Perspectives: Essential California Zinfandels
November 21, 2025
Zinfandel is the heartbeat of California wine. Planted in the mid-1800s by Italian and Croatian immigrants—and carried west by Gold Rush settlers—it has endured heat, drought, phylloxera, and Prohibition, yet continues to thrive in the state’s sun-drenched soils. From the... The Roots and Renaissance of Chianti Classico
November 17, 2025
Few wine regions embody the marriage of history and terroir as completely as Chianti Classico. In the hills between Florence and Siena, the legacy of Sangiovese stretches back to the Middle Ages, when fortified castles and monasteries overlooked the same...