Skurnik Unfiltered

No reservations required—listening to these conversations feels like you've been invited to pull up a chair and share a glass with some of the most remarkable dinner guests, giving you a level of access that was previously gatekept for those in the know.

Skurnik Unfiltered is a new podcast that curates deep conversations with some of the finest winemakers, distillers, and industry leaders about the world of wines, spirits and hospitality. The show is hosted by Harmon Skurnik, the president of Skurnik Wines & Spirits, a leading importer and distributor of the finest terroir-driven beverages crafted at a human scale.

Episodes are guest-hosted by sommeliers and experts in the subfields of wine, spirits, sake, and other categories.

Skurnik Unfiltered is recorded at Skurnik Wines & Spirits headquarters in the Flatiron District of New York City.

Guest

Pepe Raventós

Pepe Raventós is the 21-generation of the famed Raventós winemaking family, the oldest, documented winemaking family in Europe. He runs Raventós i Blanc, Can Sumoi, and Mas del Serral.

In 1872, Josep Raventós Fatjó visited Champagne and returned with a plan to make the first champagne method sparkling wine with indigenous Spanish grape varieties, inventing Cava. Though the family dominated production for generations and set the rules for the Cava DO, Pepe decided to leave the appellation in 2016 and is working to form a new one, Conca del Riu Anoia. This new appellation will be focused on elevating Xarel-lo and Sumoi to the highest level of quality and making clean, mineral driven wines with the most respectful farming practices. Pepe's mission is most visible with Can Sumoi, his remote mountaintop project that he says is all about "giving the protagonism back to the farmers" who have been underappreciated and underpaid by the industrial Cava producers.

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Pepe Raventós