Sour grapes: Inside Château Miraval’s ‘War of the Rosés

Sour grapes: Inside Château Miraval’s ‘War of the Rosés

How a Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie's splashy Provence winery became the latest bargaining in an acrimonious divorce battle

Words: Harry Shukman

Approved tactics from the playbook of recently divorced one-percenters tend to include dissecting neckties and incinerating tailored suits. They might also stretch to briefing the press about your former partner’s insufferable bathroom habits, or as Kim Kardashian demonstrated this year, becoming the face of a rival brand (Balenciaga) that is in competition with your ex-husband’s business (Yeezy). But even the most cynically experienced divorce lawyer could never have anticipated the current state of affairs between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

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