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Chef José Andrés speaks at a National Day of Service and Remembrance event with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sept. 11, 2020.

World Central Kitchen Activates All-Night Operation After D.C. Capitol Attack

“I don’t know what else to do right now … so we just started cooking,” chef José Andrés’ wrote on Twitter as his organization fed hundreds of first responders

Julie Harans

Jan 12, 2021

This <em>thermopolium</em> in Pompeii served wine and hot food before it was frozen in time by the eruption of Mr. Vesuvius in 79 AD.

After 2,000 Years, Pompeii Wine Bar to ‘Reopen’ this Spring

Archaeologists have unearthed a wine and snack bar in the ash-buried Roman city of Pompeii

Collin Dreizen

Jan 11, 2021

You'll never believe what 2021 has in store for us. Perhaps you're shocked already …

Unfiltered Predictions for 2021

Virtual-reality winery tours, vine vaccines, the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers abandon basketball for basket presses, and fast-food wine collabs

Jan 7, 2021

French gendarmes apprehend one of 25 suspects in the alleged theft of more than $6 million worth of wine and whisky

Busted in Bordeaux: Crime Ring Suspected of Stealing $6 Million in Wine and Whisky

Plus, an illicit winery discovered in an Alabama sewage treatment facility, and thieves target cult Cabernet verticals in California

Dec 30, 2020

The hits kept coming in this year of garlic-sprayed vineyards, celebrity Champagne, wineries offering pandemic relief and a coming-of-age wine movie.

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

Avaline founders Cameron Diaz (left) and Katherine Power have added a Spanish sparkler to their lineup.

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

Dec 22, 2020

Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing saw honor and opportunity in creating the 2018 Mouton label.

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 Spelling (left) and Kathryn Hall toast to their new partnership.

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

Dec 15, 2020

Beneath the floorboards of this Upstate New York home, a bootlegger's secret stash …

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

<em>A Toast from Coast to Coast</em> features 100 cocktail recipes; 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Bartenders Benevolent Fund.

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

Dec 10, 2020

Not only is he a better cook than you, but he's smarter and more generous, too.

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

Planet Cork gives visitors an up-close view of wine's other important plant, the mighty cork oak tree.

Museum Medley

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

From the Nov 30, 2020, issue

What's Mandarin for sticker shock? Bottles of Penfolds like these in a store in Nantong, China, are now almost 170 percent more expensive, thanks to tariffs.

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

Actors Juliana Guill and Jon Cor star in Lifetime's <em>Christmas on the Vine</em>.

‘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

Shark Tank star Mark Cuban samples Bee d'Vine honey wine.

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

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