Skurnik Wines & Spirits

In September, we hosted our Capturing the Cape tasting at Skurnik HQ. It was the first event focused exclusively on South African wine in almost four years, and the portfolio has grown considerably since then. Esteemed winemakers flew in to pour their latest releases, including Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum and Gabrielskloof, Alex Stary of Keermont

  While her neighbors fuss over Chenin Blanc and Pinotage, Marelise Niemann has spent her professional wine career on a crusade for Grenache in South Africa. There is no grape more bright, more elegant, and more properly suited for the hot, dry climate of the Western Cape, she believes. And, when a rare old Grenache

  To Andrea Sottimano, wine is not about the winemaker. It isn’t even about the grape—it’s about using both winemaker and grape to express soil. When all things are equal, from farming to lab to cellar practices, the differences that emerge indicate differences of terroir, even at a distance as little as 200 meters. The

I think we can call it. Thanksgiving tables have officially become more than just basic turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy in recent years. And while the debate over canned vs. fresh cranberry sauce still goes on—though the correct answer is clearly canned—every tandoori turkey, pumpkin risotto, or apple pie mac and cheese presents a

I think we can call it. Thanksgiving tables have officially become more than just basic turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy in recent years. And while the debate over canned vs. fresh cranberry sauce still goes on—though the correct answer is clearly canned—every tandoori turkey, pumpkin risotto, or apple pie mac and cheese presents a