The Envelope Please…The Best Wines of 2015
The New York Wine & Food Classic in Watkins Glen is considered the ‘Oscars’ of state wine competitions and the votes from this years’ are in. Taking the ‘Governor’s Cup’,…
May Your Holidays Be Merry & Unoaked
As you compile your shopping lists for the upcoming holiday season, no doubt you will be in need of some wine. Whether to gift or serve, wine sales skyrocket around…
Find Your Flavor: Woody Wines Without the Oak
There’s a bounty of different flavors out there, but winemakers have long been stuck on oak. With the ongoing shortage of oak and therefore oak barrels, many more experimental winemakers…
Make Waves with Oak Staves
There are a lot of ways to add flavor to your wine other than the traditional oak barreling process, and there are a lot of flavors to explore other than…
Style & Steel: Emerging Stainless Steel Wine Accessories
At Skolnik, we know stainless steel is a true friend to wine and winemakers worldwide, but even with that knowledge, the emergence of stainless steel wine accessories has us amused.…
Another Wine Kegged, Another Bottle Saved
There are numerous advantages to fermenting wine in stainless steel barrels or tanks – cost, carbon, control, taste, etc – but what of presenting and serving wine in stainless steel?…
Chardonnay Coming Back Strong in Stainless Steel
Chardonnay has long been one of the best-selling and most-produced wines in the country. It is, perhaps, the first wine we try when we come of age and, more than…
Death to Traditional Wine Retail
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to say our goodbyes. It has come time to lay the traditional wine retail model to rest. According to winemakers and retailers around the…
The A-ha Moment: Stainless Steel in Wine Production
It is a common misconception that stainless steel wine barrels are new on the winemaking scene. Yes, they look sexy and futuristic, but stainless steel tanks have been advocated for…
‘Topping Off’ with Stainless Steel Wine Barrels
Even the wine makers who have not seen the light that is the stainless steel wine barrel make use of our “alternative” vessels for topping off. Topping off a wine…