Robert Taylor

Drops of God, the hit AppleTV+ series about a quest to identify some of the world's rarest wines, won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series this past year, and season 2 debuts Jan. 21. One of the show's biggest stars, French actress Fleur Geffrier, joined Wine Spectator's Straight Talk podcast and host James Molesworth in our New York studio to talk about the show and how it has impacted her personal relationship with wine, as well as the upcoming season.

Before we turn the page on 2025, Wine Spectator's editors would like to remember the wine and restaurant industry pioneers, innovators and history makers we lost this year. This year we said goodbye to many American wine industry leaders, none more personal to us than longtime Wine Spectator senior editor James Laube.