Skurnik Unfiltered

"You know, Champagne has built itself, at least since the '60s, on blending grapes together. Growers, we play a different card. We try to express wine from a singular place. And when you just think about the experience of tasting the same varietal made from different terroir, that's when I think you understand that wine is truly special." Champagne Pierre Paillard is one of the...

"Working in these vineyards makes me think a lot because you really want to treat them right. You don't want to be the last generation farming the vines that were surviving 4, 5 generations." – Christopher Loewen Today’s guest is Christopher Loewen, the 33-year-old at the helm of Weingut Carl Loewen , one of the Mosel’s smallest and most impressive estates.  Christopher, along with...

“We are working with the same philosophy, the same idea, the same goal. To be in the wine business, it’s very important to have this kind of relationship. Because otherwise it’s just business and it doesn’t make sense.”   – Giorgio Rivetti  Giorgio Rivetti is the man behind the estates of La Spinetta and Contratto in Piedmont, Casanova della Spinetta in Tuscany, and his own import company based in...

"It's agriculture, right? Not agri-business. This is part of our cultural history and something worth preserving." – Christina Turley Christina is the 2nd generation of the Turley wine family. After cutting her teeth in the hospitality world as a college student in New York at Gramercy Tavern and becoming the sommelier and beverage director for David Chang's Momofuku family of...

“Can Sumoi, above all, is a project to connect with the farmers in the area, learn from them, pay them a fair amount—the highest possible per kilo of Sumoll or Xarel-lo or Macabeu. I dream of a Penedès where the valleys and the villages and the crus are the protagonists. It's the Burgundy vision for Penedès.” – Pepe Raventós  Pepe Raventós is the renowned winemaker and owner of Can Sumoi , Ra...

Brothers and business partners Michael and Harmon Skurnik discuss how their experiences with fine wines and spirits led them to establish Skurnik Wines & Spirits , what they value in the products they choose to represent, and how their guiding principles help them navigate uncertain times. Automatically generated transcripts often make mistakes. Find a corrected version here . Skurnik Wines &a...

No reservations required—listening to Skurnik Unfiltered feels like you've been invited to pull up a chair and share a glass with some of the most remarkable figures in the world of wine, spirits, and hospitality.  Don't miss the first episode drop on Monday, December 8th.  Voices featured in this trailer:  Michael Skurnik, founder of Skurnik Wines & Spirits Harmon Skurnik, president...