Sarah Jessica Parker’s Wine Has 70 Gold Medals and One Very Weird Bottle This summer, Sarah Jessica Parker released a wine infused with jalapeño flavor. The idea came from a TikTok trend. People were dropping fresh jalapeño slices into their glass of white wine for a spicy kick. Someone at…
Millions of Americans knew his face. Almost nobody today knows his name. For decades, one man’s warm, easy grin was the face of one of the biggest wine and brandy brands in the country, splashed across advertisements from coast to coast, in full black robe and white collar, looking every…
Picture a Napa tasting room. Low light, hushed voices, someone murmuring about tannin structure. Now picture a 7’6″ former NBA All-Star ducking through the doorway to join them, and try not to smile. That’s the first reaction most people have walking into Yao Family Wines in St Helena. It looks,…
Okay, I need to tell you about something I found out this week, because I genuinely did not see it coming. Imagine winning an Emmy. Then a Grammy. Then an Oscar. Then a Tony. The full set. Something like fifteen people on the entire planet have ever managed that. Most…
Of all the celebrities in this series, Drew Barrymore might be the most honest one. Sting spent years perfecting biodynamic farming before anyone was allowed near his Tuscan estate. Jay-Z turned his wine brand into a calculated, nine-figure business move. Andrea Bocelli was literally born into 200 years of winemaking…
Most people in this series discovered wine and fell in love with it. Bought a vineyard, planted some grapes, lived the dream. Jay-Z built a Champagne empire because someone disrespected him. And honestly? That’s a far better story. First, A Quick Word About Cristal If you were anywhere near a…
I need you to stop whatever you’re doing right now. Put down your glass — actually no, keep the glass. You’re going to need it. A while back I wrote about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s winery, Château Miraval — this insanely gorgeous estate in the south of France where…
When God Gave One Man a Voice & a Vineyard Let me tell you something about Andrea Bocelli that most people don’t know. Before the world knew his voice. Before the Grammy nominations, the sold-out arenas, the duets with Celine Dion and Ed Sheeran, the performance at the Pope’s front…
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