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Raise the bar and your cups to the stars with Pharrell Williams and Moët & Chandon Champagne.

Moët & Chandon in Hand, Pharrell Celebrates Happy Birthdays

Music legend Pharrell Williams and the historic Champagne house collaborated on a new lineup of bow-adorned sparkling wines

Mar 5, 2025

Teams from 12 universities across the United States and Canada competed at the 2025 Left Bank Bordeaux Cup.

The Thrill (and Taste) of Victory—Universities Compete at the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup

Teams from across the United States and Canada showed off their wine-tasting skills and vinous knowledge in a Bordeaux smackdown in New York

Feb 25, 2025

Martin Short got more than he bargained for when he joined Craig and Kathryn Hall in Palm Springs …

Martin Short Joins Kathryn Hall for a Palm Springs Wine Tasting

Napa’s Hall Wines welcomes the Only Murders in the Building star for a laugh-filled tasting and chat, and Mayor Ron deHarte proclaims Martin Short Day

Feb 14, 2025

The Church of England's General Synod is meeting this week at Church House in London, just across the yard from Westminster Abbey.

No, the Church of England Didn’t Ban All Non-Alcoholic Wine for Communion

It’s been widely reported that the Bishop of Lichfield said non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free wafers weren’t fit for Holy Communion; the Church says that's not the case

Feb 13, 2025

A tractor works a vineyard in Southern France with solar panels that can be shifted to provide vines with sunshine or shade.

Could Solar Panels Help Produce Better Wine?

A French company that installs moveable photovoltaic panels in vineyards has found they can control yields and produce more appealing wines

Suzanne Mustacich

Feb 4, 2025

Taylor Swift double fists the Ace of Spades at the 2025 Grammy Awards while actress Margaret Qualley side-eyes the haters.

Taylor Swift Toasts Beyoncé’s Grammy Wins with Jay-Z’s Ace of Spades Champagne

Did T Swift just give us a Super Bowl wine preview while wearing a sparkling red dress and Travis Kelce charm at the 67th annual Grammys?

Feb 3, 2025

Zinny the spaniel heads down a row of vines, looking for pests.

Combating Vineyard Pests Goes to the Dogs

A California team trains canines to sniff out viruses and bugs in the vineyard, hopefully eliminating the need for pesticide spraying

Chris Cardoso

Jan 7, 2025

Clockwise from top left: George and Amal Clooney, a British protester, LeBron James and the GranCabrio Folgore Tignanello Maserati

Best of Unfiltered 2024

From a 170-year-old Champagne hoard to George Clooney's Provence wine estate to LeBron James sipping Opus One courtside, these are our top 12 pop-culture wine moments of 2024

Robert Taylor

Dec 27, 2024

Would you ask Homer to guard a $1 million bottle of Burgundy? Neither would we.

Marge Simpson, Wine Counterfeiter?

The Simpsons go to wine court as Waylon Smithers and Marge try to produce fake red Burgundy

Mitch Frank

Dec 20, 2024

Jessica Chastain is the 38th American Cinematheque Award recipient, following past honorees like Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr. and Denzel Washington.

Jessica Chastain Celebrates American Cinematheque Award with Malartic-Lagravière

While being honored in Los Angeles, the film star signed a special-edition magnum of Bordeaux that will benefit Women for Women International

Collin Dreizen

Dec 17, 2024

Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, left, and Gérard Garouste look at the artist's painting for the 2022 Mouton-Rothschild vintage.

Mouton-Rothschild Pays Tribute to the Late Baron Philippe with New Label

The 2022 vintage of the Bordeaux first-growth was produced a century after the Baron arrived at the estate

Suzanne Mustacich

Dec 11, 2024

Domantas Sabonis named his wine for his nickname, Ones, after his number 11.

NBA All-Star Domantas Sabonis and His Wife Launch a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

After moving to Napa Valley, the Sacramento Kings forward and his wife, Shashana, were inspired to create the Ones brand with Nickel & Nickel winemaker Joe Harden

Aaron Romano

Nov 19, 2024

Did Charles II wet his whistle at a recently unearthed 17th century tavern when he landed in Dover in 1660?

A 400-Year-Old Wine Bar in England?

Archaeologists recover broken bottles and bewhiskered jugs, plus tobacco pipes, at the future site of an education, arts and business center

Collin Dreizen

Oct 31, 2024

Simone Biles leaps on the balance beam during the Paris Olympics; she's invited some wine lovers to leap for joy on the sidelines of a Chicago Bears game.

Watching Football with a Glass of Wine and the GOAT—Simone Biles Partners with Barefoot

The wine company and the Olympian will welcome four fans to the sideline for a Chicago Bears–Green Bay Packers showdown

Mitch Frank

Oct 24, 2024

The town of Château-Chalon lies 10 minutes from Paul Bonin's vineyard in Gevingey in the heart of the Jura, one of France's more beautiful regions.

Jura Heist: Has Anyone Seen 1,700 Pounds of Wine Grapes?

Thieves swiped Paul Bonin's first full crop before he could harvest, wiping out a year's work

Suzanne Mustacich

Oct 11, 2024

Cedric the Entertainer moonlights as Cedric the Vintner.

Cedric the Entertainer’s Setta Wines Honor His Literacy-Activist Mother

The comedy legend and Barbershop star is making a charity-driven Napa red blend and more with Smith Devereux winery

Oct 8, 2024

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