#skurnikwines

[wine-porn]

Crazy dusty petrol--a brash blast showing no fruit, no sugar--newsprint and fresh yellow pages, slowly combining saturated cellar concrete to the mix. In the mouth however: a completely different story. Gorgeous burning nectar, at once bright and tropical, but quickly morphing to a far eleganter sticky, with more dusty, but this time dusty rose and dusty melon. Pear and liliquoi cut the burning acid in half, tightening both qualities in the process. Nose stark and unappealing, mouthfeel approaching angelic, your call. I'll let you make your own judgements of density from the 9.5 posted. 2015 @weinguteugenmueller #riesling *forst* kabinett germany #skurnikwines #sophienwaldglass (at Weingut Eugen Müller) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByZFY3qHy41/?igshid=17kor230jfune

[dandelionwineshop]

Free range chicken braised in #vinamaita #pipeño w/ #607csa chard & #shewolf sourdough! #stillsummer #drinkwine #winesofchile #skurnikwines #dandelionwine

[jeremiahcole]

A sensible Monday🍷#InHeaven #grandportfoliotasting #winetasting #skurnikwines #chelsea #nyc #metropolitanpavilion #jeremiahcole #jeremiahcoleofficial #jeremiahcolemusic #jeremycoledipinto (at Metropolitan Pavilion) https://www.instagram.com/p/BumfrQ4ll98/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uf4vl2ub21h7

[shuckerpaddy]

Heading to #NYC this morning! I’ll be Shuckin’Around @flexmussels #UES 13-16th with a Special Oyster Experience with Moi & @skurnikwines #ChattyPaddy Oyster Shucking & Tasting tutorial - Fab #RareAndWonderful Oysters are arriving just for this! Sunday 16th 5pm - For Tickets #LinkInBio #Shucking #Tasting #Food #Experience #Storytelling #OysterBar #Oysters #Aerate #Merroir #TasteYourFood Posted @withrepost • @shadegrouppr Join us at Flex Mussels for an exclusive oyster experience with world champion shucker @shuckerpaddy. Reserve your seat at the link in our stories. (at Flex Mussels) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjp5_VZO0DM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wader931]

#Repost @synergyfinewines with @get_repost ・・・ We're hosting a tasting! Come join us on Tuesday at the Synergy Loft Downtown and taste through an awesome line up of wines from @schatziwines and @skurnikwines, including this #100point wine from @schrockheidi! (2015 Ausbruch 'On The Wings of Dawn') *Trade Only #winetasting #wine #wineevent #wineeducation #austria #germany #austrianwine #germanwine #theloft #synergy #directimport #joinus #cheers #greatgrapes #onthewingsofdawn (at Synergy Loft) https://www.instagram.com/p/BszGv7rlkvA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kfs3ak1rkvny

[ajojedapons]

Weekday wines @thelambsclub : #weekday #wine #thirstythursday @kojinakada_loudumont @muellercatoir @lemacioche @tenutasetteponti @jfclouet @masomartis #sommlife #keeponpouring #winetravel #finedining #chatwal #gzchef #galenzamarra @vergelsanmiguel.cs @shiverick_wines @terrytheise @skurnikwines @leonardo_lo_cascio @thewinebowgroup @kobrandwines @villagewineimports @solstars_wines (at The Lambs Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpp1AJ5nNF9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1y1yu4gm60a3

[margorey]

Big meals from a tiny kitchen last night! Seared Diver scallops with a light jerk seasoning, served over Pesto’d Parpadelle Pasta & Swiss Chard paired with an Austrian #grunerveltliner by Berger @skurnikwines #margoreyfoodie #margoreylives #pasta #scallops #diverscallops #pesto #swisschard https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nA_HlJG0O/?igshid=1b3n1ro7brgt

[attorneysomm]

I’ve tried many great Champagnes over the past year, but one producer that keeps standing out is Domaine Egly-Ouriet! The Blanc de Noir Grand Cru Brut “Les Crayeres” Vielles Vignes, in particular, has been one of my favorites! . Like Krug’s Clos d’ Ambonnay (about which I posted recently) this wine is 100 percent Pinot Noir fruit from a single vineyard in Ambonnay. The fruit is from old vines (70 years on average) that have been organically farmed in the Les Crayeres vineyard. The fruit is hand harvested and ages on its lees for more than 4 years. . This Champagne is really incredible! It is simultaneously powerful and elegant. A full-bodied Champagne that attacks your senses with an explosive collection of goodness! I detected ginger, toast, lemon and lime peel, mixed spice, light red fruit, toasted nuts and a subtle minerality. The finish is incredibly long and complex. Really a spectacular Champagne! The best part is that you can get an entire case (of 12) for the cost of one bottle of Clos d’Ambonnay! Have you tried Egly-Ouriet yet? If so, please let me know your thoughts in the comments below. . . . #wine #vin #champagne #growerchampagne #sommelier #sparklingwine #winetasting #eglyouriet #organicwine #oldvines #ambonnay #pinotnoir #vineyard #frenchwine #winegeek #sommlife #champagnelover #grandcru #finewine #champagnelife #champagnecampaign #winereview #winenerd #wset #cultwine #finewines #champagne🍾 #skurnikwines (at Maplewood) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5DRtK4HjCm/?igshid=1tnvguxfqinz1

[wine-porn]

Let's start with the Donnhoff. At only 18 proof and a bit of spritz, I think it's an easy beginning for these 3 stunners.  Clear light yellow with a steely nose, *possibly* a touch of KMBS, but fairly austere, pushing forth just a tad of chopped greens and fresh sardine on wet concrete.  All very tight and not-forthcoming, though. Oh but then you taste it. HOLY SHIT boys & girls does this thing take off.  Brilliant lychee and sweetened strawberries clash perfectly against a mossy brick wall of dirt and grime and buttery nectar.  An equally brilliant layer of harshness bites into the finish, telling you all about Riesling. The Posip is no stranger to this blog. You wanna freak your friends out with a strange white variety which boom-shuffles all manner of seafood and sauce: THIS IS THE THING.  Far deeper straw in the glass, gobs of petrol and buttery popcorn roiling out. The old world is apparent here, with a little ginger-ale funk laying down the beat the cantaloupe and golden raspberry dance to. Mouth-filling and chewy.  Viscous, almost, but not in a buttery Chard way. I could see comparisons made to Chard.  But there's an underscore of peat and rust, smokey and staining and headed off tannic in the finish--a crisp bitter alignment few white wines muster. The Gewurtz carries this producer's signature gris-rosé glow of this variety--which is easy to understand if you've ever seen gewurtz.  This isn't Wine101--go google it.  shrill and vegetal in the nose, green apple and cream cheese on a ridiculously clean stream.  A little fat melon lurks way down inside, kiwi-tinged, with a powdering of snuff, bacon, and Thompson Seedless. In the mouth, all your Gewurtz games are back in action.  Full, round, leek soup, a hot streak of acid, and a bitter farewell is the outline--with meanderings of fat funk, dull barnyard, and bruised nectarine fuzz getting in the way.  No petrol on this one, although the solid layer under its display smacks of asphalt. Three AMAZING whites. And ALL easy to find and inexpensive. 18 DONNHOFF Riesling @skurnikwines 17 STINA Posip @topochinesvino 18 @unionsacre Gewurztraminer (at Avila Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1DTvV8n7WC/?igshid=skmnhdjzunlb

[dandelionwineshop]

Just before 5pm today, @dandelionwineshop and @dandywineshop dropped off a third haul of wine to medical volunteers staying at hotels in Queens. The new medical crew at the hotel are actually local frontline workers who are staying at the hotel as to not infect their families at home. Shout out to @amy.m.herzog who inspired us to donate to #doctorswithoutbottles through her @gofundme page she started to find meals for these medical volunteers (link in her bio!) And an even bigger shout out to the wine donors this week! 11 cases of wine thanks to @goldenvines @alexainthecity @bonhomiewine @alvar0l0pez @dmagredmtn @polanerselections @vitis_quinnifera @thepinotproject @skurnikwines @kevinhedges @massanois #THANKYOU🙏 #DANDYLOVESYOU❤️ #essentialworkers #medicalvolunteers #welovenyc #nyclovesyou #drinkwine #happyhour #remedies (at Adria Hotel and Conference Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8e_jPp134/?igshid=9kf6baqf6grt

[gerardhigginswine]

Today a tasting that melted my little vinous heart. After a decade obsessed with the eloquent and distinctly new world way Terry Thiese writes about wine ( @skurnikwines ), I finally was welcomed into the home of the Merkelbach brothers, this year making their 67th vintage of Ürziger Riesling! The tasting included many wonderful wines, made in a style that hasn’t changed in over half a century. 2017 Ürziger Wurtzgarten Auslese was light on its feet, ethereal and perfectly balanced, while a 1990 example of the same wine, aged to perfection, held its sugar gracefully: fresh, buttered fruit and all class. I’m simply blown away. (By everything) #riesling #wine #wein #mosel #moselsaarruwer #urzig #merkelbach #skurnik #terrythiese #winetasting #nostalgia #winehistory https://ift.tt/2LnzEDU

[damianlopezwine]

Met Angela Osborne, winemaker of @gracewine today and had an opportunity to have a unique and singular experience with single vineyard and "single terroir" Grenache from Santa Barbara Highlands, Santa Clara County, Santa Ynez Valley, Lytton Springs in Dry Creek Valley, and my favorite from Edna Valley. #grenache #atributetograce #skurnikwines #latinosporelvino #nyc #manhattan #ednavalley #santaclara #santabarbarahighlands #santaynez #lyttonsprings #biodynamic #wine (at La Sirena Ristorante)

[shuckerpaddy]

I’ll be Shuckin’Around NYC this weekend October 13-17 @flexmussels #UES Swing past and Let’s Chat Oysters! DM for reservations. #Shucker #OysterSommelier #OysterBar #NewShuckCity #TheBigOyster #Manhattan #NYC #Foodie #OysterLover Posted @withrepost • @flexmussels Getting ready for Sunday’s oyster experience with Shucker Paddy… Check out the link in our bio to secure your seat! Enjoy an oyster 101 and rare tastings, caviar accoutrements, Skurnik spirits, and more @skurnikwines @kya_bya_style @flexmussels (at Flex Mussels) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjjw255u764/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wader931]

#Repost @skurnikwines with @get_repost ・・・ It might sound a little bit like New Age mumbo jumbo when someone tells you that they’re “…trying to do less,” but when Bruce Schneider says it – after spending more than an hour relating his unrepentant entrepreneurial history – it seems fair... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Bruce Schneider: An Insuppressible Entrepreneur Finds His Groove (For Now)” is now up on the blog and linked in our bio! #skurnikunfiltered (at Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXj-v8lLNv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sryx6okazr8q

[ajojedapons]

@raventosiblanc lineup is now available on our #winelist @thelambsclub #discover the beautiful and elegant #ConcadelRiuAnoia #terroir with these terrific sparklings @skurnikwines @catalunyawine @josepsamso (at The Lambs Club)

[winehead32]

Winemakers dinner. One of my favorites producers. Excellent wines,food & discussion about wine,fried chicken & bbq etc. @anthillfarms @skurnikwines #anthillfarms #sonomacoastwine #russianriverwines @aifiori #sonomacoastpinotnoir #sonomacoastsyrah #russianriverpinot (at Ai Fiori)