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Introducing Ca’ d’Gal to Skurnik Wines West!

Introducing Ca’ d’Gal to Skurnik Wines West!
Ca’ d’Gal’s high-elevation, sandy limestone vineyards produce a Moscato d’Asti of uncommon elegance and drinkability! The Boido family is now the fourth-generation to run this gem of an estate with just 12 hectares under vine and a production of about...

Introducing Pomona & Carlo Giacosa!

Introducing Pomona & Carlo Giacosa!
Carlo Giacosa & daughter Marie Grazia (2nd & 3rd generation). In addition to the exciting news that ARPEPE has joined the Skurnik portfolio, we are launching two new exciting Italian wineries this fall! Pomona Chianti Classico Though the farm has...

ARPEPE: The New Dawn of Nebbiolo from Valtellina

ARPEPE: The New Dawn of Nebbiolo from Valtellina
In 1973, a good century’s worth of quality family winemaking in Valtellina nearly all went up in smoke. Guido Pelizzatti, owner of the Arturo Pelizzatti estate, was diagnosed with cancer. Guido was father to four kids, but his son Arturo was the only one who followed him into the family business. Without consensus among Guido’s heirs, the Pelizzattis were forced to divide their fifty hectares of vineyards...

Pink Perennials: 5 Rosés to Drink Now & Into the Fall

Pink Perennials: 5 Rosés to Drink Now & Into the Fall
‘Rosé Season’ is a quintessential occasion to celebrate sunny, summer days, and the opportunities they bring to share a bottle (or more) of this fresh favorite with our friends and loved ones. As we’re now amid some of the hottest...

Montalcino’s Castello Tricerchi: The Rebirth of an Ancient Dynasty

Montalcino’s Castello Tricerchi: The Rebirth of an Ancient Dynasty
It takes a good deal of bravado to leave a successful family business in Rome and venture into a life of winemaking in the Tuscan countryside. But Tommaso Squarcia has bravado to spare, and it shows in his deeply transporting Brunellos.   Tommaso wasn’t born into a winemaking family—his family owned a successful...

100 Years of Azelia: Old, Stubborn Beauty in Barolo

100 Years of Azelia: Old, Stubborn Beauty in Barolo
The Bricco Voghera vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba is a punishing place to work in August. It faces full south, has a near vertical incline up 400 meters and can easily reach 100º in the summer months. In the spring of 2014, a season of unrelenting...