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The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting

The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting
Every two years we bring winemakers, brewers, and distillers together under one roof for our Grand Portfolio Tasting. This tasting presents an exceptional opportunity to taste over 900 spirits, wines, sakes, and ciders while meeting the artisans behind the bottles....

Meet The Next Generation of Champagne Producers

Meet The Next Generation of Champagne Producers
Meet Paul Girard, Quentin & Marine Vincey, and Marianne Gamet, the next generation of producers taking over one of the most historic wine regions in the world, Champagne. Champagne is a region where patience is a necessity. Plans are made...

The Petite Portfolio Tasting: NYC 2023

The Petite Portfolio Tasting: NYC 2023
Nine tastings in nine cities in just four days! Our big event of the year took on a new form this 2023 with the launch of our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)! Over 60 of our producers from all over the world...

How to Have the Perfect Raclette Party

How to Have the Perfect Raclette Party
There’s no quicker way to distract the entire Skurnik office than with that pungent, aromatic smell of melting cheese; trust us, we confirmed it with a photoshoot at our NYC headquarters. Raclette, for the unindoctrinated, refers to the both the...

Marne Royalty: A History of Gaston Chiquet

Marne Royalty: A History of Gaston Chiquet
Eight generations have passed since Nicolas Chiquet planted his first vine in 1746. During that time, the Chiquet family founded multiple Domaines, helped create the Spécial Club, and became famous for their unique Blanc de Blancs D’Aÿ. Today, Gaston Chiquet...

IN VINO LIBERTAS: The 2022 Champagne Tour

IN VINO LIBERTAS: The 2022 Champagne Tour
We took some of the top growers in Champagne across the USA, stopping in Houston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles to pop bottles for you, but it all started in NYC, on Halloween! We had never done a...

The 2020 France Vintage Report

The 2020 France Vintage Report
Consumers can expect the wines of a lifetime for many of the top growers in France in 2020, and with the devastatingly small 2021s on the horizon, it is a vintage that fans of balanced, elegant wines should find ample...

2022 Harvest Notes from France

2022 Harvest Notes from France
The ongoing 2022 harvest in France is turning into a remarkable story. After three consecutive years of mother nature throwing every possible challenge at our growers (in the form of frost, hail, drought and more), a generally frost-free 2022 Spring...

The Big Chill is Back: Frost and France in 2022

The Big Chill is Back: Frost and France in 2022
In the early morning of Monday April 4th, many growers across France were out in force, fighting negative temperatures to prevent another devastating Spring frost. Luckily for many, the worst was avoided in this first bout with mother nature. We...