November 1, 2022
Happy World Shochu Day! In this final installment of our Demystifying the Delicious series, we’re expanding our knowledge beyond sake to another favorite Japanese beverage: Shochu! This is the third and final part of our ‘Demystifying the Delicious’ series; view... UNFILTERED
Eaux-De-Vie Are Ghosts
October 26, 2022
Eaux-de-vie are ghosts. Hear us out. You stop at a roadside stand that’s selling pears. These aren’t the insipid grocery store fare you indifferently pass while running errands on your way home from work. These are the perfect pears that... Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Best Buys: The Pinot Project
October 12, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Wine Enthusiast Magazine has placed our 2020 Pinot Noir one of the Top 100 Best Buys of the year. In addition to this accolade Wine Enthusiast has given our 2020 vintage of The Pinot... Demystifying the Delicious: Learn About Sake Temperatures + Service
October 5, 2022
We’re continuing our comprehensive look into the world of Japanese Beverage in part two of our series, focusing this time on service, aging, storage, and sake temperatures! This is the second part of our series Demystifying the Delicious, view Part... Cider from the Finger Lakes: NY’s Other Big Apple
September 28, 2022
The Finger Lakes in New York has become a leading region for craft cider, owing to its unique terroir of glacial soils and climate moderating lakes. Even more important are the growers themselves. These aren’t the sweetened, flavored ‘hard’ ciders... Demystifying the Delicious: Learn About Sake with Japanese Portfolio Manager Jamie Graves
September 21, 2022
World Sake Day is less than two weeks away and to get the party started we’re taking an in-depth look into this exciting category with Japanese Portfolio Manager, Jamie Graves! This week we’re breaking down what’s in the bottle, the... 2022 Harvest Notes from France
September 15, 2022
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... Peter-Allan Finlayson on Gabrielskloof and Crystallum
September 14, 2022
With a winemaking tradition dating back to the 17th century and a diversity of terroir rivaling any of its northern hemisphere counterparts, it should come as no surprise that South Africa is producing some of the most compelling wines in... An Interview with Pepe Raventós: The Prince of the Penedès
September 1, 2022
Many consider Raventós i Blanc to be one of the finest, if not the finest, producer of sparkling wine in Spain—and beyond. It’s always a pleasure to sit down and catch up with twenty-first (!) generation proprietor Pepe Raventós, especially... Grüner in Penn: Galen & Sarah Troxell on Galen Glen
August 31, 2022
Skurnik Wines welcomes our first Pennsylvania winery, Galen Glen, to the American Portfolio! Galen and Sarah established Galen Glen in 1995 when they purchased the Troxell Farm from Galen’s father. At that time Galen was a mechanical engineer and 6th...