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Skurnik: It’s About The Wine And The People

Skurnik: It’s About The Wine And The People
We are proud to release this latest video, which pays homage to our family of talented and amazing employees! Without them, we would be nothing. For all you do, this wine is for you! Looking back at the success of...

American Winemaker Video Series: David Ramey

American Winemaker Video Series: David Ramey
Few winemakers have been as formative in establishing the modern voice of California wine as David Ramey. He teaches us that a great winemaker is an orchestra conductor – a sedulous student of terroir, a loyal and reverent interpreter of...

Jacky Blot: The Maestro of Montlouis

Jacky Blot: The Maestro of Montlouis
“Jacky Blot’ has been instrumental in taking Montlouis out of Vouvray’s shadow and establishing for it a reputation of its own. Much of what he has done appears old hat today, but it was revolutionary at the time: organic viticulture,...

American Winemaker Video Series: Tim Mondavi

American Winemaker Video Series: Tim Mondavi
From up on Pritchard Hill, above the fog line in the Vaca Mountains, east of Napa’s valley floor, Tim Mondavi can tell a story of nearly one hundred years and three generations – now four. Tim’s grandfather, Cesare, an Italian...

American Winemaker Video Series: Doug Tunnell

American Winemaker Video Series: Doug Tunnell
Winemaking is first a dialogue – it begins between winemaker and nature, as he navigates the idiosyncrasies of his fields and cellar. And each bottle tells a story, of its earthly origins, of its winemaker’s hand. Doug Tunnell, however, first...

American Winemaker Video Series: Cathy Corison

American Winemaker Video Series: Cathy Corison
It is impossible to tell the story of Skurnik Wines without uttering the name Cathy Corison. The first Napa Cabernet in our portfolio, Cathy’s wine has been – for thirty years – an unwavering testament to the power of restraint,...

Boilermakers: Part I

Boilermakers: Part I
Time to get real. Here at Skurnik Wines & Spirits, we may well be among the geekiest booze nerds around, sure – but sometimes, let’s face it, all we really want is a shot and a beer. Admitting that, however,...

American Winemaker Video Series: Randall Grahm

American Winemaker Video Series: Randall Grahm
In loving wine, you soon learn this universe has no center. Wine is this great confluence of history and innovation – a snapshot of ancient geologic moments, a bottling of a time and place,  and a canvas for daring risks...

Two Days in the Alto Adige

Two Days in the Alto Adige
Located just south of the Austrian border at Italy’s northernmost point, the region of Alto Adige has always existed as a cultural crossroads.  Civilizations dating back to Roman times utilized this glacial valley as a passageway between Italy and the rest...