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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....

The Legacy of Graillot: Maxime Graillot & Domaine Equis

The Legacy of Graillot: Maxime Graillot & Domaine Equis
Featured Image: Maxime & Alain Graillot Photo: Gunnar Lier There is perhaps no industry where the weight of past generations is felt more acutely than in the world of wine. For elite domaines, each generational change invites the risk of falling...

Farm to Bottle: An Interview with Neversink Spirits

Farm to Bottle: An Interview with Neversink Spirits
Featured Image: Yoni Rabino, left, and Noah Braunstein, owners of Neversink Spirits. The young distilling duo behind Neversink Spirits, Noah Braunstein and Yoni Rabino, sat down with Skunik Spirits and answered some questions about the history of their inspiration, progress,...

Stony Hill Vineyard: Pioneers of Spring Mountain

Stony Hill Vineyard: Pioneers of Spring Mountain
In the early 1940s Fred and Eleanor McCrea travelled from San Francisco to Napa Valley seeking a family getaway in the mountains for Eleanor and their two young children. On one such visit, they travelled a narrow and winding dirt...

2013 Barolo: A Vintage to Remember

2013 Barolo: A Vintage to Remember
There is little to say about the 2013 vintage that hasn’t already been said: “thrilling,” “classic,” “a legend in the making,” “a benchmark for years to come.” But we don’t need to speak in hyperbole. We can just tell you...

Nikolaihof: Deep Roots in the Wachau

Nikolaihof: Deep Roots in the Wachau
On the eastern edge of the Wachau valley, there lies Nikolaihof, in the quiet village of Mautern. In its current manifestation, Nikolaihof is a wine estate, yet it has lived many lives. The wines of the house are a singular...

THE DNA OF CARIBBEAN R(H)UM

THE DNA OF CARIBBEAN R(H)UM
Rum is as ancient as distillation itself. Most historians agree that, when humans first learned to refine fermented alcohol into a distilled spirit, the first booze we made was from the juice of sugarcane. It makes sense. No natural sugar...

2017 Grand Portfolio Tasting

2017 Grand Portfolio Tasting
2017 marks our 30th year in business and we honored this special occasion by hosting our biggest tasting ever! It’s downright inspiring to think about just how far the American wine drinking community has come in these three decades. Our...

Benchmark Biodynamic Burgundy: Domaine de l’Arlot

Benchmark Biodynamic Burgundy: Domaine de l’Arlot
To fall in love with Burgundy is to resign oneself to a life of equal parts euphoria and edification. It is both an academic and hedonistic endeavor that may last a lifetime. Finding a domaine that produces wines capable of...