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How to Navigate our June Tour in NYC

How to Navigate our June Tour in NYC
This year, our classic June Tour, where we showcase latest releases from our German and Austrian growers, will look a little different! We are partnering with The German Wine Collection to produce a tasting like no other. For the first...

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...

Four Under-the-Radar Rosé Regions

Four Under-the-Radar Rosé Regions
We’ve traversed the globe in search of radiant rosés to brighten up the season. Explore Sicily, Greece, Basque Country, and FLX by their regional characteristics, with examples of producers and styles that we’re loving. While we do enjoy rosé throughout...

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...

Introducing Our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)!

Introducing Our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)!
Get a preview of the producers attending each event in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, along with our selection of the “can’t miss” wines, spirits, and sakes at every table.  Please join us for one (or two!) of a series of intimate...

Introducing Our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)!

Introducing Our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)!
Get a preview of the producers attending each event, from New York, to New Haven, and beyond, along with our selection of the “can’t miss” wines, spirits, and sakes at every table.  Please join us for one (or two!) of...

Hey, Bartender, Where’s My Vermouth?

Hey, Bartender, Where’s My Vermouth?
This isn’t another romanticized, flowery piece about the greatness of the Martini and its cultural relevance, nor is it a deep dive into its murky history. This is a decidedly—perplexingly less popular—take, or rather a desperate plea to please put...

Rioja 2016 Vintage Report: Balance & Freshness

Rioja 2016 Vintage Report: Balance & Freshness
2016 was a spectacular vintage for Rioja, with many calling it one of the best of recent memory, on par with other esteemed years like 2010 and 2004. Rioja’s top classifications have some of the longest aging requirements in the...

Barolo & Barbaresco: Past & Present

Barolo & Barbaresco: Past & Present
Piedmont producers Chiara Boschis, Elisa Scavino, Silvia Altare, Claudio Fenocchio, and Giorgio Rivetti joined us recently in NYC for a seminar featuring their wines, both past and present! To both our delight and chagrin, Piedmont is no longer the wine-lovers...

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...