Best of Unfiltered 2019

From Pitt to Picard and tiny wine windows to giant barrel hotel rooms, 2019 was a real mood for wine and culture

Dec 23, 2019

The Cats in the 'Cats' Movie Drink Champagne, Specifically Pipurr-Heidsieck

We went to the premiere of Cats to scout out wine cameos and pop bubbly with James Corden, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson and the gang

• Alison Napjus

Dec 18, 2019

Massive Roman Shipwreck May Have Had 200,000 Bottles' Worth of Wine Aboard

A recently discovered and mapped wreck is one of the biggest Roman-era ships ever found in the Mediterranean and took some 6,000 amphorae down with it

• Shawn Zylberberg

Dec 17, 2019

Wine Governor Gavin Newsom Inducts Winemaker Helen Turley and Wine Chef Wolfgang Puck into Hall of Fame

Wine made a big splash in the California HoF this year—including some unexpected members of the state's wine community

• Peter Lane

Dec 13, 2019

Paradise Regained: Winery Destroyed in 2017 Wildfires Reopens

Two years after Sonoma's Paradise Ridge burned, the winery debuted a rebuilt—and improved—home

• Ben O'Donnell

Dec 12, 2019

Wrestler Chris Jericho’s Wine Fires Up Fans … and Enemies

The champ is making a bubbly called A Little Bit of the Bubbly. But what does the reigning villain of wrestling-winemaking think of that?

• Shawn Zylberberg
• Peter Lane

Dec 6, 2019

I Heard You Paint Teeth: The Wine Cameos in 'The Irishman'

The movie's prop master divulges how he made sure the real-life wine labels that appear in Martin Scorsese's saga were accurate to the era—and the mob

• Ben O'Donnell
• Eszter Balogh

Dec 4, 2019

'Top Chef' Alums Reunite for Kosta Browne Cook-Off

Six contestants from season 16 packed into the winery's kitchen to create a heady feast for Pinot Noir, and we were on the scene

• Aaron Romano

Nov 21, 2019

Mouton Unveils 2017 Art Label (… NSFW?)

The Rothschild family tapped artist Annette Messager, who took a more risqué approach than most. How will the TTB respond?

• Suzanne Mustacich

Nov 21, 2019

Latest Hot Wine Movie Star: DRC's Aubert de Villaine

Filmmaker Marie-Ange Gorbanevsky highlights Burgundy’s greatest vineyards and cellars in her new documentary, The Soul of Wine

• Shawn Zylberberg

Nov 20, 2019

Explorers Crack 'Most Extreme' Shipwreck to Find 100-Year-Old Booze, Actually Taste It

For 20 years, researchers have tried to salvage the S.S. Kyros, sunk in the Baltic in 1917. Here's how they finally dredged up 900 bottles of Cognac and Bénédictine

• Ben O'Donnell

Nov 15, 2019