Best of Unfiltered 2020

From Beethoven’s poisoned wine to JFK’s Dom Pérignon obsession to Brad Pitt’s rosé Champagne to weaponized sex inhibitors, 2020 was wilder than you know

Dec 24, 2020

Cameron Diaz’s Avaline Adds Bubbles

Spain's Raventós i Blanc is making the organically grown and vegan-friendly wine brand's newest addition. Plus, Aldi's ChocoSecco makes a splash

• Gillian Sciaretta
• Collin Dreizen

Dec 22, 2020

Mouton-Rothschild Selects Chinese Artist Xu Bing for 2018 Label

The Bordeaux first-growth bottle will feature one of Xu’s signature “square word calligraphies”

• Suzanne Mustacich

Dec 18, 2020

Tori Collection Wines by Hall Bring 90210 to Napa

Tori Spelling and Kathryn Hall tell us how a virtual happy hour turned into a full-blown line of wines. Plus, Real Housewives' new Real Housewines

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Collin Dreizen

Dec 15, 2020

A New Discovery of Very Smuggled, Very Old Old Smuggler

A New York couple has found 78 bottles (and counting) of Prohibition-era whisky stashed in the walls of their new old home

• Collin Dreizen

Dec 14, 2020

Holiday Season Brings Much-Needed Charity from Wine and Spirits Industry

Across North America, international drinks giants and small family wineries are making a difference

• Taylor McBride
• Robert Taylor

Dec 10, 2020

Is David Chang the World’s Smartest Chef?

The Momofuku group founder stakes his claim, winning Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?—and donating the $1,000,000 proceeds to hospitality worker relief

• Collin Dreizen

Dec 9, 2020

Museum Medley

An assortment of new exhibits in Europe cover the fun and fascinating worlds of food, wine and other drinks

• Collin Dreizen
• Suzanne Mustacich

From the Nov 30, 2020, issue

World Leaders Rally Behind Australian Wine

Politicians from multiple nations, including the U.S., urge consumers to buy Aussie after China imposes crippling tariffs

• Susan Gough Henly

Dec 7, 2020

‘Christmas on the Vine’ Brings Vineyard Romance to Lifetime Channel

Lifetime’s feel-good holiday movie tells a tale of love, grapes and wine marketing

• Collin Dreizen

Dec 4, 2020

California Honey Wine Buzzes ‘Shark Tank’

The Sharks circle over a flight of conservationist Ayele Solomon’s Bee d’Vine honey wine

• Collin Dreizen

Dec 3, 2020