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, …
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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
For Saints Owner, New Wine Is a Labor of Love
Gayle Benson, owner of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and NBA’s Pelicans, releases first vintage from Twelfth Labour Wine …
Vanished Grapes and Burrowing Burglars: Wine Crime Unseen
A Canadian vineyard and an English wine shop are the latest victims
Move Over, Cabernet: Napa Winery Tries Out New, Disease-Resistant Grapes
Rutherford’s Whitehall Lane planted Camminare Noir and Paseante Noir to deal with the threat of Pierce’s disease. But how’s …
Jack Daniel’s v. Bad Spaniels: Trademark Battle Between Dog Toy Maker and Entire Bev Industry May Head to Supreme Court
The Tennessee whiskey has been locked in a yearslong legal dispute with a company that makes parody pet toys and that has …
Elite Seattle Restaurant Canlis Transforms into 'Community College,' Offers Wine-and-Doritos Education
With its latest reinvention and an assist from Bill Gates, the Wine Spectator Grand Award winner is rethinking fine …
Punctured Tanks to Pilfered Grapes, Global Wine Crimes and Blunders Run Rampant
A Frenchman tries a self-checkout scam with a classified-growth Bordeaux. A famed wine merchant falls prey to an elaborate …
What Do You Drink When You're the President? New Wine Book Tells All
From "Madeira Man" George Washington to JFK's obsession with James Bond–approved Champagne, Wine and the White House …
Exclusive New Cabernets Pave the Way for 47-Mile Napa Vine Trail
The just-announced charity wine initiative will give Napa wine lovers a chance to invest in the popular biking and hiking …
2,600-Year-Old Wine Press Discovered in Lebanon, but What Were They Drinking?
A very large, very old wine facility reveals some critical clues about the winemaking prowess of the ancient Phoenicians
Sex and Garlic: New Weapons Against the Most Notorious Vineyard Diseases?
A Champagne vine expert and a Bordeaux lab have developed potential keys to winning winemakers' eternal war with powdery …