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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...

Grüner Veltliner: Austria’s Glorious Grape

Grüner Veltliner: Austria’s Glorious Grape
Grüner Veltliner, like Riesling, is a grape that creates an incredible array of wines from long-aging, richly-dense, fruited wines to high-toned, electric, and racy versions. Its history begins in Austria where it is still the grape supreme. But for many...

American Winemaker Video Series: Sashi Moorman

American Winemaker Video Series: Sashi Moorman
Sashi Moorman is a winemaker. And, in navigating the Sta. Rita Hills and their surrounds, he is a rather adept geographer, historian, geologist, and storyteller, too. This versatility is not a parlor trick, but a necessity of his craft: Sashi’s...

April Showers: Our Favorite Floral Cocktails

April Showers: Our Favorite Floral Cocktails
We love flowers! Not just looking at, smelling, arranging, planting, stroking (just to see if they are real!), but we also love drinking them. Nothing delights us more than sitting at our favorite bar with a cocktail covered in flowers....